Draft:Murder of Rachelle Tolleson
On March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas, 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson (January 20, 1984 – March 18, 2004) was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Moises Sandoval Mendoza (born January 26, 1984), who stabbed her in the throat and strangled her, and even disposed of the body by burning it. Mendoza was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2005, and is currently on death row in Allan B. Polunsky Unit, awaiting his execution.
Murder
[edit]On March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas, a 20-year-old woman was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a male acquaintance.
On that date itself, 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson disappeared from her home, and her five-month-old daughter was left alone at home.
Trial of Moises Sandoval Mendoza
[edit]Appeals
[edit]Current status
[edit]Mendoza's death warrant was issued on December 11, 2024, scheduling his execution date as April 23, 2025. As of December 2024, Mendoza was one of the four condemned inmates from Texas to have their execution dates scheduled between February and April 2025.[1]
See also
[edit]- Capital punishment in Texas
- List of death row inmates in Texas
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ "What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas". The Dallas Morning News. October 17, 2024.