Convicted Killer of 10-Year-Old Girl He Impregnated Is Executed in Texas

Associated Press ^ | Feb 11, 2004 | Michael Graczyk

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[cupcakes]

Edward Lagrone said in a brief final statement. "Like I've said from Day One, I didn't kill them. But I'm no better than the people that did."
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Damn straight you are no better. You deserved to be there regardless of whether you killed her or not. She was 10 years old you slime ball!

[cupcakes]

Agreed, something about her is very innocent and childlike. The disgusting creep took her life and that innocent child's life inside of her. I wonder if he approached the girl or her mother to try and get her to abort the evidence of his rape on this child? Mother refused and this is the result in this animal's desperation. I know the mother was probably lost at losing her child and grandchild, but good for her for not only trying to prosecute this scum prior to the murder, but keeping the evidence of his rape from being aborted forever.

[cupcakes]

Pamela Lloyd testified Shakeisha was concealing her 19-month-old sister behind some boxes and shouting at her mother to hide when she was shot. The woman fled to a closet.
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This poor child. Life ended at the hands of a scumbag, but given her character(telling her mother to run, hiding her baby sister, etc) vs. those around her, this child is probably better off among the angels with her baby.

[cupcakes]

Not only was society protected against a murderer in this case, but a child rapist as well. Good riddance.

[Eaker]

I can always count on my state to do the right thing.

Sadly, not always.

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[Bonaparte]

Man Who Killed Child He Impregnated Executed in Texas

February 11, 2004

HUNTSVILLE, Tex. - Edward Lagrone killed a 10-year-old child he had impregnated. He also murdered two elderly relatives of the child, including a great aunt who was blind and bedridden with cancer.

One prosecutor called him a "poster boy" for the death penalty.

Tonight, the poster boy was executed, but claimed he was innocent of the murders.

Lagrone, 46, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison here Wednesday night. He was put to death for the 1991 triple slaying in Fort Worth.

At the time of the murders, Lagrone was on parole for another Tarrant County slaying in which he had received 20 years in prison. He had been released in 1984.

Fried Chicken, Soda And Death

"As I said from day one, I didn't go in there and kill them, but I'm no better than the people that did," Lagrone said in his last statement form the execution chamber. "Jesus is Lord."

With those words, the lethal dose began at 6:11 p.m. and Lagrone was declared dead at 6:18 p.m., the fifth condemned killer executed in Texas in 2004.

A spokeswoman for the Texas prison system, Michelle Lyons, said Lagrone had requested five pieces of fried chicken and assorted soft drinks for his last meal. Although several members of the victims' family witnessed his execution, Lagrone had no member of his family in attendance.

Sexually Assaults Child

Prosecutors say Lagrone had been dating Pamela Lloyd. At the same time, he was sexually assaulting her daughter, Shakiesha, prosecutors charged.

When Pamela Lloyd found out that Shakiesha was pregnant and Lagrone had been sexually assaulting the child, she was going to call police. Lagrone decided to kill them to prevent Pamela Lloyd from pressing charges, prosecutors stated.

Prosecutors say Lagrone came into the Lloyd's Fort Worth home on May 30, 1991 at about 5 a.m. He wounded a member of the family, Dempsey Lloyd, 48, with a blast from a shotgun. He then shot and killed Zenobia Anderson, 83, and Caola Lloyd, 76, who had cancer and was blind, court documents stated.

Shot In Head

Meanwhile, Shakeisah was trying to run away when she was grabbed and shot in the head. The child had just completed the fourth grade.

Two other men who were in the house, Charles and Dempsey Lloyd, identified Lagrone as the shooter. A girlfriend of Lagrone also testified that she purchased the shotgun for Lagrone that was used as the murder weapon.

Lagrone claimed that other men did the shooting and he was innocent. He claimed Pamela Lloyd was a crack addict, later convicted and sentenced to jail for the slaying of Shakeisah's father. His lawyers claim that the murders were drug related and committed by others.

Mother Imprisoned For Slaying

Lagrone had claimed that in their original statements to police, witnesses said that "several men came into the house" and no witness identified Lagrone as one of them. He claims the witnesses changed their statements at trial.

Pamela Loyd, now imprisoned for the slaying of the girl's father, requested permission to witness the execution of Lagrone. However, Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy forbids inmates form witnessing executions, a spokeswoman for the department stated.

[Houmatt]

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[MeekOneGOP]

I wish I knew where. Sorry.

Thanks for the post/link Bonaparte. Gruesome. Another one bites the dust ! ...

[Richard Kimball]

Considering that he denied committing the murders when he did them, I doubt he really found religion. However, as to coming to faith after committing heinous crimes, it has to do with the death penalty. When death is fifty miles away, he's not that scary. When you're looking him in the face, that's one big SOB. They don't think they need Jesus when they're committing the crimes. When they're getting ready to leave prison wearing nothing but a toe-tag, they start to think about accountability for their actions. I've known very few true atheists.

[cyborg]

You're right. Maybe my experience is limited, but of all the folks I know who get diagnosed with cancer not one is an atheist.

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

Seems to me he never really admitted to himself he did this.
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Edward LaGrone - Texas Death Row

I sat in the county jail for a period of three (3) years awaiting trial, during which time, many people called reporting that they have the names of the guys who committed the crime. What kind of authorities will not investigate or pursue a lead that would aide them in the capture of the individuals who were guilty of such a crime ?! Such are the authorities who are too proud to admit they made a mistake !! They rather see the wrong person die before they admit to their wrongly accusing me. Now, I sit and wait to die unless some miracle happens and my case is overturned in the higher courts and I get a new trial.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

This may be a little off topic....but I didn't know 10 yr olds were biologically mature enough to get pregnant. Can somebody with a little more medical knowledge help me out, thanks.

[Pharmboy]

I think the record is a five year old in India that got pregnant. It is unusual for a 10 y/o to be fertile, but well-within the range of normalcy.