Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins
Joseph Christopher Garcia
Summary of Offense:
On December 24, 2000, in Irving, Garcia and six co-defendants fatally shot a 31-year-old police officer, Aubrey Hawkins, while on escape from the TDCJ Connally Unit.
Accomplices Randy Halprin, Patrick Murphy, Donald Newbury, George Rivas and Michael Rodriguez were all sentenced to death.
Accomplice Larry Harper committed suicide on January 22, 2001 to avoid capture.
For more on Halprin, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...exas-Death-Row
For more on Murphy, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...k+murphy+texas
For more on Newbury, who was executed on February 4, 2015, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...=joseph+garcia
For more on Rivas, who was executed on February 29, 2012, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...t=george+rivas
For more on Rodriguez, who was executed on August 14, 2008, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...08-(Volunteer)
Garcia was sentenced to death in Dallas County in February 2003.
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