Texas convict who kidnapped girl from store, strangled her to death and burned body executed
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Convicted child killer David Renteria was put to death by lethal injection by the state of Texas on Thursday night.
Texas Department of Corrections spokesperson Robert Hurst told Fox News Digital that the lethal injection process began at 7 p.m., and that Renteria was pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m. at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. Christina Coulter is a U.S. and World reporter for Fox News Digital. Email story tips to christina.coulter@fox.com.
The state of Texas discontinued last meal requests in 2011 Hurst said, and that the staff members who would know Renteria's final meal were "across the street dealing with the cleanup" after the execution.
Renteria's mother and spiritual advisor looked on from one viewing chamber of the state's execution chamber at the Huntsville Unit facility, Hurst said — family members of Alexandra Flora, the death row inmate's victim, looked on from another.