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| Texas death-row inmate wants execution |
| By Amarillo.com |
| Published: 11/01/2004 |
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Texas inmate Robert Anderson, convicted in 1993 of capital murder in the slaying of the 5-year-old child, told a federal magistrate last Wednesday he wants to abandon further appeals and be executed. On June 9, 1992, a neighbor found the child's body packed inside a Styrofoam cooler left in a garbage dumpster in Amarillo. Witnesses reported seeing a man pushing a grocery cart with a cooler inside, and that description soon led Amarillo police to Anderson, who confessed to the brutal slaying. During last Wednesday's hearing in Amarillo, U.S. Magistrate Clinton Averitte and one of Anderson's attorneys, Alex Calhoun, repeatedly grilled Anderson about his decision to halt his appeals. Anderson, now 38, told Averitte he recently drew a pentagram on the floor of his cell and sat on it. St. Christopher and Satan argued for dominion over his soul. Satan lost, Anderson said. Anderson, who wore black horn-rimmed glasses, a white, striped shirt and Dockers, said he has rededicated himself to the Christian way of life and wants his final federal appeal dismissed. He spoke of his sick parents, a near-death episode when inmates stabbed him 54 times and Christ. And Anderson spoke briefly of his nightmares. Anderson said he alone decided to end his appeals and believes God has forgiven him for killing the child. After last Wednesday's hearing, Averitte met with attorneys for the state and defense, but has not yet ruled on Anderson's request. |
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