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| Texas executes man for Corpus Christi slaying |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/20/2005 |
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No one from Nick Moraida's family was there Thursday evening to hear his killer's final statement. After thanking his friends and family for their support, Richard Cartwright, a former Chicago mechanic, said, "I want to apologize to the victim's family for any pain and suffering I caused them." Then he urged fellow Death Row inmates to "just keep your heads up and stay strong." Cartwright's mother, a sister and three friends witnessed his final moments. "They killed a good man, an excellent man," his mother, Irene Rekitzke, said after Cartwright was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. "Thank you God for taking him away from all this." Cartwright, 31, was the eighth Texas prisoner put to death this year and the second in as many days. Cartwright was one of three men who duped Moraida, 37, into thinking they were homosexuals offering to share beer with him at a beachfront park along Corpus Christi Bay in 1996. Instead, Moraida was stabbed and shot to death while being robbed of his watch and a wallet containing between $60 and $200. Cartwright's accomplices, Kelly Overstreet, 27, and Dennis Hagood, 28, are serving long prison terms. They agreed to plea bargains and testified against Cartwright. |
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