Gregory Summers was executed for hiring Andrew Cantu to kill his parents and uncle, in order to gain financially.
He was given a lethal injection after being asked if he had any final words but said, "NO". He died at 10:16 pm EDT.
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Gregory Lynn Summers, 48, was executed October 25, 2006 at 9:16 p.m. CDT by lethal injection in the Walls Correctional Facility at Huntsville, Texas for the June 11, 1990 triple-murders of his father, Mandell Eugene Summers, 64; his mother, Helen Summers, 64; and his uncle, Billy Mack Summers, 60.
Gregory Summers was convicted of hiring another man for $10,000 to kill his adoptive parents, Gene and Helen Summers. Billy Mack Summers, Gene Summers' brother, was mentally retarded and was living with the couple when they were found by Abeline firefighters in their home. Each had been stabbed repeatedly and the home was set on fire. Summers was the beneficiary and hoped to collect $24,000 in insurance benefits. Relatives told authorities that he was having financial problems, and Gene Summers had decided to stop bailing him out financially. Police were first contacted by Keenan Wilcox, who said that his acquaintance, Gregory Summers, tried to hire him to murder his parents and mentally retarded uncle and to burn their house down. He said that Summers offered to pay him from insurance money and cash in the house. Another tipster said that his brother, Andrew Cantu, told him that he was hired for $10,000 to commit the murders, but he didn't receive the money. Numerous relatives and acquaintances testified about Summers' difficult relationship with his father and about his many threats to kill him and burn his house down with him in it. Witnesses also testified to his history of violence against his family, including kicking his first wife in the stomach when she was pregnant, beating his second wife, holding a gun to her head, and forcing her to beg for her life on her knees, and beating his sons. Andrew Cantu was also convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 1999. Two accomplices, Ramon Gonzales and Paul Flores, received plea bargains and testified against Cantu and Summers.
He was given a lethal injection after being asked if he had any final words but said, "NO". He died at 10:16 pm EDT.
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Gregory Lynn Summers, 48, was executed October 25, 2006 at 9:16 p.m. CDT by lethal injection in the Walls Correctional Facility at Huntsville, Texas for the June 11, 1990 triple-murders of his father, Mandell Eugene Summers, 64; his mother, Helen Summers, 64; and his uncle, Billy Mack Summers, 60.
Gregory Summers was convicted of hiring another man for $10,000 to kill his adoptive parents, Gene and Helen Summers. Billy Mack Summers, Gene Summers' brother, was mentally retarded and was living with the couple when they were found by Abeline firefighters in their home. Each had been stabbed repeatedly and the home was set on fire. Summers was the beneficiary and hoped to collect $24,000 in insurance benefits. Relatives told authorities that he was having financial problems, and Gene Summers had decided to stop bailing him out financially. Police were first contacted by Keenan Wilcox, who said that his acquaintance, Gregory Summers, tried to hire him to murder his parents and mentally retarded uncle and to burn their house down. He said that Summers offered to pay him from insurance money and cash in the house. Another tipster said that his brother, Andrew Cantu, told him that he was hired for $10,000 to commit the murders, but he didn't receive the money. Numerous relatives and acquaintances testified about Summers' difficult relationship with his father and about his many threats to kill him and burn his house down with him in it. Witnesses also testified to his history of violence against his family, including kicking his first wife in the stomach when she was pregnant, beating his second wife, holding a gun to her head, and forcing her to beg for her life on her knees, and beating his sons. Andrew Cantu was also convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 1999. Two accomplices, Ramon Gonzales and Paul Flores, received plea bargains and testified against Cantu and Summers.
Gregory Summers was executed for hiring Andrew Cantu to kill his parents and uncle, in order to gain financially.
He was given a lethal injection after being asked if he had any final words but said, "NO". He died at 10:16 pm EDT.
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Gregory Lynn Summers, 48, was executed October 25, 2006 at 9:16 p.m. CDT by lethal injection in the Walls Correctional Facility at Huntsville, Texas for the June 11, 1990 triple-murders of his father, Mandell Eugene Summers, 64; his mother, Helen Summers, 64; and his uncle, Billy Mack Summers, 60.
Gregory Summers was convicted of hiring another man for $10,000 to kill his adoptive parents, Gene and Helen Summers. Billy Mack Summers, Gene Summers' brother, was mentally retarded and was living with the couple when they were found by Abeline firefighters in their home. Each had been stabbed repeatedly and the home was set on fire. Summers was the beneficiary and hoped to collect $24,000 in insurance benefits. Relatives told authorities that he was having financial problems, and Gene Summers had decided to stop bailing him out financially. Police were first contacted by Keenan Wilcox, who said that his acquaintance, Gregory Summers, tried to hire him to murder his parents and mentally retarded uncle and to burn their house down. He said that Summers offered to pay him from insurance money and cash in the house. Another tipster said that his brother, Andrew Cantu, told him that he was hired for $10,000 to commit the murders, but he didn't receive the money. Numerous relatives and acquaintances testified about Summers' difficult relationship with his father and about his many threats to kill him and burn his house down with him in it. Witnesses also testified to his history of violence against his family, including kicking his first wife in the stomach when she was pregnant, beating his second wife, holding a gun to her head, and forcing her to beg for her life on her knees, and beating his sons. Andrew Cantu was also convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 1999. Two accomplices, Ramon Gonzales and Paul Flores, received plea bargains and testified against Cantu and Summers.
He was given a lethal injection after being asked if he had any final words but said, "NO". He died at 10:16 pm EDT.
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Gregory Lynn Summers, 48, was executed October 25, 2006 at 9:16 p.m. CDT by lethal injection in the Walls Correctional Facility at Huntsville, Texas for the June 11, 1990 triple-murders of his father, Mandell Eugene Summers, 64; his mother, Helen Summers, 64; and his uncle, Billy Mack Summers, 60.
Gregory Summers was convicted of hiring another man for $10,000 to kill his adoptive parents, Gene and Helen Summers. Billy Mack Summers, Gene Summers' brother, was mentally retarded and was living with the couple when they were found by Abeline firefighters in their home. Each had been stabbed repeatedly and the home was set on fire. Summers was the beneficiary and hoped to collect $24,000 in insurance benefits. Relatives told authorities that he was having financial problems, and Gene Summers had decided to stop bailing him out financially. Police were first contacted by Keenan Wilcox, who said that his acquaintance, Gregory Summers, tried to hire him to murder his parents and mentally retarded uncle and to burn their house down. He said that Summers offered to pay him from insurance money and cash in the house. Another tipster said that his brother, Andrew Cantu, told him that he was hired for $10,000 to commit the murders, but he didn't receive the money. Numerous relatives and acquaintances testified about Summers' difficult relationship with his father and about his many threats to kill him and burn his house down with him in it. Witnesses also testified to his history of violence against his family, including kicking his first wife in the stomach when she was pregnant, beating his second wife, holding a gun to her head, and forcing her to beg for her life on her knees, and beating his sons. Andrew Cantu was also convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 1999. Two accomplices, Ramon Gonzales and Paul Flores, received plea bargains and testified against Cantu and Summers.
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