This week in 1999

In English:
“I love you. I will be waiting for you on the other side. Son be strong no matter what happens, know that God is looking over you. Jesus mercy, Jesus mercy, Jesus mercy!”

In Spanish:
“Brother-in-law, take care of the family and let it be united. Yoli.”

In German:
“My beautiful princess. You are all my heart and soul and I love you so much.”

— Domingo Cantu JR., convicted of murder and sexual assault, lethal injection,Texas.
Executed October 28, 1999

In 1988, at the age of twenty, Cantu sexually assaulted his ninety four-year-old victim before beating her head on a concrete sidewalk, killing her. he fled the scene but later confessed to the crime. Cantu received the death penalty eleven years after committing the murder. The Texas native had previously served time for burglary.