EXECUTION #1 2009

Curtis Moore
Executed January 14, 2009 06:21 p.m. CDT by Lethal Injection in Texas
1st murderer executed in U.S. in 2009
1137th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
1st murderer executed in Texas in 2009
424th murderer executed in Texas since 1976
Summary:
Moore was condemned for the fatal shootings of Roderick Moore, 24, who was not related to him, and LaTanya Boone, 21, both of Fort Worth. The two were found shot to death in a roadside ditch across from a Fort Worth elementary school in November 1995. That same night, firefighters summoned to put out a car fire found Darrel Hoyle, 21, of Fort Worth, and Henry Truevillian Jr., 20, of Forest Hill, shot and burned. Truevillian, robbed of $5, was dead. Hoyle, robbed of $150, survived and helped lead police to the arrest of Moore and his nephew, Anthony Moore, then 17. The victims were abducted after agreeing to meet with Curtis Moore, that culminated a drug ripoff. Moore doused Hoyle and Truevillian with gasoline and ignited them as they were bound and in the trunk of a car. Hoyle, who regained consciousness six days after he was attacked, gave information that led authorities to Moore’s nephew, who later pled guilty and was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment.
Final/Special Meal:
Declined.
Final Words:
In a brief, final statement, Moore thanked a woman who administers to the spiritual needs of death row inmates. “I want to thank you for all the beautiful years of friendship and ministry,” Moore told Irene Wilcox as she watched through a window a few feet from him. Moore never acknowledged a man who survived his attacks or five relatives of the three who died.
The Execution
Curtis Moore, 40, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m, eight minutes after the drugs began flowing in a lethal injection.