Facts of the Crime:
Convicted in the September 1994 shooting death of 29-year-old Michael W. Sanders during a robbery. Sanders and a companion, 33-year-old Tommie Joe Seagraves, had pulled into the parking lot of the Toro car wash at 2621 NM 31st Street in Fort Worth to use a public telephone when Melendez approached them from behind and demanded money. At some point, Melendez fired several shots at the two men inside the vehicle, fatally wounding Sanders in the back. Seagraves suffered a bullet wound to the neck but survived the shooting.
Melendez was sentenced to death in Tarrant County on May 21, 1996.
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