By Michael Graczyk
Associated Press
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

HUNTSVILLE -- An apologetic William Murray was executed Wednesday for raping and strangling a 93-year-old woman during a burglary of her Dallas-area home more than a decade ago.

"I'm sorry for what I did," he told two nephews of his victim who watched him through a window in the death chamber. "I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. The Lord has forgiven me."

Murray then looked through an adjacent window where his mother and two brothers were among the witnesses and said: "I'll be there waiting for y'all, all right? God Bless."

Eight minutes later at 6:20 p.m., he was pronounced dead.

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