Ind. man who murdered 2 set to die in Texas
Associated Press Writer
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — For about a month, Joshua Maxwell and Tessie McFarland crisscrossed the country in a deadly crime spree.
They kicked things off by robbing an auto mechanic in their home state of Indiana. His bound and burned body was found stuffed in the trunk of his car. Both were initially charged with murdering him, but only Maxwell was convicted of that charge.
About a month later, the couple robbed and killed an off-duty sheriff's officer in San Antonio in similar fashion, prosecutors said. His bound, blindfolded body was found behind a strip mall.
The hunt for the couple ended after a shootout with police in San Francisco.
On Thursday, Maxwell was set to be executed in Huntsville for the sheriff's officer's murder. The U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to review his case after a federal appeals court rejected his attorneys' attempts to get his sentence overturned by arguing that the jurors were given improper instructions.
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