Facts of the Crime:
Walbey was convicted of the May 4, 1993 murder of Marionett Beyah, 46, who was Walbey's former foster parent. Walbey was burglarizing Beyah's home when she returned and confronted him. She was stabbed 12 times in the neck and back and struck in the head with a fire extinguisher nine times. Walbey stole several items from Beyah's home and returned twice more following the murder to steal additional items which he sold to buy and sell cocaine.Beyah, a Galveston college instructor, had several years earlier been a foster parent to Walbey, who last stayed at her home four months prior to the murder.
Walbey was sentenced to death in Galveston County in August 1994.
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