Texas Executes Garcia White for 1989 Murders of Twin Girls and Mother
Garcia White was executed after his appeals were exhausted, having confessed to five murders including the 1989 killings of Bonita Edwards and her daughters.
- Garcia White, 61, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1989 murders of Bonita Edwards and her twin daughters, Annette and Bernette.
- White confessed to five murders, including the 1989 killings and two other murders, after being arrested in 1995 for a separate crime.
- He apologized to the victims' families and sang a hymn before his execution, expressing remorse for his actions.
- White's appeals, based on claims of mental disability and new evidence, were rejected by the Texas courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Victims' families expressed relief at the execution, highlighting the long wait due to numerous appeals over the years.
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