The Latest: Texas executes man for 2001 slaying of 75-year-old auto repair shop owner
at 20:05 on June 18, 2015, EDT.
HOUSTON - 6:55 p.m. CDT
Texas death row inmate Gregory Russeau has been executed for the slaying of a 75-year-old East Texas auto repair shop owner 14 years ago during a crack cocaine binge.
The 45-year-old Russeau became on Thursday the nation's 17th convicted killer to receive a lethal injection this year and the ninth in Texas.
The U.S. Supreme Court last October refused to review his case, and no additional appeals were filed for him in the courts.