The state of Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of murder for the 2002 ...
- The state of Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of murder for the 2002 strangulation of a woman he feared might divulge to police the location of a drug den where he and other members of his white supremacist gang held meetings.
He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 2005 for the slaying of 29-year-old Melanie Billhartz three years earlier. Hall left the drug house with Billhartz in her truck and returned five hours later with her body in the back of the vehicle. He then ordered Murgatroyd to get a shovel and machete and accompany him on a drive to New Mexico, where they buried the victim’s body, court records said.
Two years after his conviction, Hall filed an appeal challenging the DNA evidence against him. But in 2016, he withdrew the DNA appeal and asked for an execution date to be set.
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