Texas Man Executed for 2001 Abduction and Killing of 18-Year-Old Woman

Texas Man Executed for 2001 Abduction and Killing of 18-Year-Old Woman
Texas death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales in an undated photo. Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas man who admitted he kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in 2001 was executed Wednesday evening.

Ramiro Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the January 2001 killing of Bridget Townsend.