DAINGERFIELD, Texas (AP) — A fourth scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate was delayed Monday because of the coronavirus spread around the state.
Billy Joe Wardlow's execution was postponed from April 29 to July 8.
Wardlow, 45, was condemned for the June 1993 fatal shooting of 82-year-old Carl Cole during a robbery at his home in Cason, located about 130 miles (209 kilometers) east of Dallas.
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