Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old ...

Cedric Ricks, who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son in 2013, was executed by lethal ...

A Texas death row inmate convicted of a brutal double murder more than a decade ago delivered emotional final words before his execution — apologizing directly to the surviving victim who witnessed ...

Cedric Ricks was executed in Texas for the 2013 fatal stabbing of Roxann Sanchez and her son Anthony Figueroa. Survivor Marcus Figueroa witnessed the execution.

A North Texas man is facing execution for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks is scheduled to receive ...

A Texas death row inmate who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son used his final moments before execution Wednesday to apologize to the woman’s surviving son — whom he stabbed 25 times ...

Cedric Ricks, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. CDT following a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

Attorneys for the death row inmate have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution. If a stay is not granted, Ricks will be the second man executed in Texas this year.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was executed Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m.