Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins
Facts of the Crime: On December 24, 2000, in Irving, Rodriguez and six co-defendants fatally shot Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins, 31, while on escape from the Texas Correctional Connally Unit.
Accomplices Joseph Garcia, Randy Halprin, Patrick Murphy, Donald Newbury and George Rivas were all sentenced to death.
Accomplice Larry Harper committed suicide on January 22, 2001 to avoid capture.
For more on Garcia, who was executed on December 4, 2018, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...exas-Death-Row
For more on Halprin, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...=randy+halprin
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
Rodriguez was sentenced to death in Dallas County in May 2002.
He had originally been sent to prison out of Bexar County in 1995 for hiring Rolando Ruiz to murder his wife, 29-year-old Theresa Rodriguez, on July 14, 1992. Rodriguez was shot once in the head in the garage of her home as she stepped from her car. Michael Rodriguez and brother-in-law, Mark Rodriguez, had paid Ruiz $2,000 to kill her, apparently so Michael Rodriguez could collect on life insurance policies totaling $250,000.
Ruiz was sentenced to death in Bexar County in 1995 and executed on March 7, 2017. For more on Ruiz, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...exas-Death-Row
Victim: Aubrey Hawkins
Time of Death: 6:30 pm
Manner of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last Meal: Spicy fried chicken breast, grilled pork steak with grilled onions, a bacon cheeseburger with everything, a fresh garden salad with French dressing and French fries with ketchup
Final Words: “Yes, I do. I know this in no way makes up for all the pain and suffering I gave you. I am so, so sorry. My punishment is nothing compared to the pain and suffering I have caused. I hope that someday you can find peace. I am not strong enough to ask forgiveness because I don’t know if I am worthy. I realize what I’ve done to you and the pain I’ve given. Please Lord forgive me. I have done some horrible things. I ask the Lord to please forgive me. I have gained nothing, but just brought sorry and pain to the wonderful people. I am sorry - so, so sorry. To the Sanchez family who showed me love and to the Hawkins family, I am sorry. I know I have affected them for so long. Please forgive me. Irene [his spiritual advisor], I want to thank you for being with me on Death Row and walking with me and helping me find Christ’s love. These last few steps I must walk alone. Thank you and thank your husband, Jack. I’ll be waiting for you. I am so sorry. To these families, I ask forgiveness. Father God, I ask you, too, for your forgiveness. I am ready to go Lord. Thank you. I am ready to go." He begin to sing the following few words before the drugs took effect: "My Jesus, my savior there is none like you. All of my days I want to praise, let every breath. Shout to the Lord. Let us sing."
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