Ahead of his execution, Mendoza will not have been able to choose his final meal as death row inmates in Texas have been ...

Mendoza, 40, was executed by lethal injection for the murder of 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson on March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas, just northeast of Dallas. Mendoza is the third ...

He was condemned for the March 2004 killing of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson. After a spiritual adviser prayed over him for about two minutes, Mendoza apologised repeatedly to the victim ...

“I am sorry for having robbed you of Rachelle ... burned Tolleson’s body to hide his fingerprints. Dental records were used to identify her, according to investigators. Pam O’Neil, the ...