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Van Poyck is later transferred into the mainstream prison population, where he and four other inmates form an escape plan. Of the five, only Van Poyck makes it out. He hops a train to St. Petersburg and drives a stolen car to West Palm Beach, where he moves in with a friend. When Van Poyck tries to obtain weapons for a robbery, his friend turns ...
Fellow inmate William Van Poyck (July 4, 1954 – June 12, 2013) was sentenced to death for his role in Griffis' murder, and was executed on June 12, 2013. After Valdes' death, prosecutors of the state criminal trial stated that the attack on him was due to a desire to prevent him from discussing mistreatment of inmates with reporters. [4]
All of the 248 people (246 males and 2 females) during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The count is the most of any decade in Texas history, surpassing the 166 executions from the previous decade (1990–1999).
Witness to an execution: After watching the execution of William Van Poyck, 'the world didn't seem safer. I was just numb' At a desk in my hotel room, I wrote out the shells of two stories — one ...
A Houston-area man suspected in the November shooting death of Migos rapper Takeoff has been indicted for murder by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas. Grand jury indicts Houston-area man for ...
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of murder for his role in a 2019 drug raid that led to the death of a couple and revealed systemic corruption ...
Jeffrey Demond Williams: 37 23 14 [14] 13 May 29, 2013 Elmer Leon Carroll: 56 34 22 White Florida [15] 14 June 12, 2013 Elroy Chester: 43 28 15 Black Texas [16] 15 William Edward Van Poyck: 58 32 26 White Florida [17] 16 June 18, 2013 James Lewis DeRosa: 36 23 13 Oklahoma [18] 17 June 25, 2013 Brian Darrell Davis: 39 27 12 Black [19] 18 June 26 ...
A Houston-area deputy accused of fatally shooting a man while confronting him after a shoplifting incident has been indicted by a grand jury for murder, officials announced Thursday. Harris County ...