Facts of the Crime: Convicted and sentenced to death in the May 7, 1999 murder of Edith Kendrick.
Hudson telephoned 35-year-old Edith Kendrick, his ex-girlfriend, and was angered when he heard a man’s voice in the background. He went to the apartment and kicked the door open and saw Edith standing next to the bed and Spearman getting up from the couch while pulling his pants up. Edith attempted to intervene between Spearman and Hudson, who began swinging a knife at her. Spearman ran out of a second exit and called 911 from a pay telephone. As Hudson was slashing Edith, her eight-year-old son Colby got between Hudson and his mother. Hudson inflicted severe cuts on Colby’s throat, neck, and fingers, and the boy ran bleeding from the apartment. Edith fled to the stairs at the front balcony where Hudson stabbed her repeatedly. Police arrived on the scene quickly and found Hudson at a nearby convenience store. They took him back to Edith’s apartment where witnesses identified him. Hudson had been on parole for only about six months on a forgery convictions and had eight prior convictions, including a 1987 conviction for murder.
Victim: Edith Kendrick
Time of Death: 6:24 pm
Manner of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last Meal: Fried chicken legs and thighs, sirloin steak, corn on the cob, banana pudding, peach cobbler, chocolate chip ice cream, grape soda and milk
Final Words: Hudson repeatedly expressed love to his wife and a friend who watched through a window and ignored four relatives of his victim as they watched through another window into the death chamber. "I will take you to heaven with me, I will always be with you. Now pray with this young man down here and we'll go," he said, nodding to the chaplain who stood at his feet. Hudson then prayed the Lord's Prayer and concluded by again expressing love. "I am yours and we are one. Let's go, warden," he said.
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