BILLY JOE WARDLOW | Asked the SCOTUS to rule that he was too young to get the Texas death penalty. His execution was the first in Texas to proceed during the pandemic as the coronavirus raged across the state. | XD: July 8, 2020 | ALS | SEALED

Billy J. Wardlow. ALS. Pmk: August 23, 2005. SEALED. Contents unknown. Pristine.

• a/k/a: "Bandit"

• Classification: Murderer

• Characteristics: Robbery

• Number of victims: 1

• Date of murder: June 14, 1993

• Date of arrest: Next day

• Date of birth: November 25, 1974

• Victim profile: Carl Cole, 82

• Method of murder: Shooting

• Location: Titus County, Texas, USA

• Status: Sentenced to death on February 13, 1995

• Executed: July 8, 2020ⁱ

Billy Joe Wardlow (1974–2020 | age 46) was just 18-years-old when he and his girlfriend Tonya Fuller robbed 82-year-old Carl Cole at his Cason, TX home in 1993.

Wardlow shot him right between his eyes, stuffed his body in a closet, and stole his pickup truck. They drove up to Madison, NE, where they sold it. The next day, both were arrested in Madison, SD.

While waiting for trial, Wardlow wrote a confession to the sheriff investigating the murder. Part of it read:

“Being younger and stronger, I just pushed him off and shot him right between the eyes. Just because he pissed me off. He was shot like an executioner would have done it. He fell to the ground lifeless and didn’t even wiggle.”

The state of Texas executed Billy Joe Wardlow on July 8, 2020 for the 1993 East Texas robbery and murder. It was the state's first execution since the coronavirus swept through the state.

I came to death row a scared boy who made poor choices; I will leave death row a man that others admire because I weathered the storms of life with the help of people that loved me. We should all be so fortunate.

• VIDEO: Wardlow shortly after he died from a lethal injection | The woman heard in the video is Wardlow's fiancée Danielle Allen | https://twitter.com/i/status/1281436535745916929
• VIDEO: WIFE TAUNTED by staff at FUNERAL FOR EXECUTED INMATE (shocking footage) | https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxR9zt_nlECsw9jpcPtiOhzu5bq6v4qNGr
• VIDEO: Billy Joe Wardlow | https://youtu.be/FkUZr04oZ3c

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