Post by sclcookie on Jun 7, 2006 1:35:58 GMT -5
11th Texas execution scheduled for Tuesday
A 34-year-old former crack cocaine user heads to the Texas death chamber
Tuesday night.
Timothy Titsworth was arrested for capital murder for killing his
girlfriend in Amarillo almost 14 years ago. He was on probation for auto
theft at the time. He would be the 11th prisoner executed this year in
Texas.
Titsworth was condemned for the death of 26-year-old Christine Marie
Sossman. Her body was found at the mobile home she was sharing with
Titsworth. Sossman was struck some 16 times with a dull ax.
Evidence showed Titsworth, who dropped out of school in the eighth grade,
was working as a roofer. The evidence further showed Titsworth was high on
cocaine at the time of the attack.
According to court records, a friend of Sossman testified the victim was
about to ask Titsworth to leave because Sossman believed Titsworth was
stealing from her.
(source: Associated Press)
A 34-year-old former crack cocaine user heads to the Texas death chamber
Tuesday night.
Timothy Titsworth was arrested for capital murder for killing his
girlfriend in Amarillo almost 14 years ago. He was on probation for auto
theft at the time. He would be the 11th prisoner executed this year in
Texas.
Titsworth was condemned for the death of 26-year-old Christine Marie
Sossman. Her body was found at the mobile home she was sharing with
Titsworth. Sossman was struck some 16 times with a dull ax.
Evidence showed Titsworth, who dropped out of school in the eighth grade,
was working as a roofer. The evidence further showed Titsworth was high on
cocaine at the time of the attack.
According to court records, a friend of Sossman testified the victim was
about to ask Titsworth to leave because Sossman believed Titsworth was
stealing from her.
(source: Associated Press)