Robert Dale Rowell

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• Fact 1, 15 Nov 2005, TX. Robert Dale Rowell (April 8 , 1955 - November 15 , 2005 ) was a murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas . He was convicted of the May 10 , 1993 murder of Raymond David Mata in a Houston, Texas crack house .
Crime
Rowell had gone to the house on May 10 with the intent to rob Irving Wright of his drugs and money, after Rowell thought he had paid too much for some crack cocaine . Wright, Mata and his wife, Angie Perez, were in the house. After entering the house, Rowell told Perez and Mata that he would shoot them if they tried to leave. Rowell then proceeded to beat Wright with a claw hammer . Then the three victims were ordered into the bathtub, where Rowell shot them with a .22 caliber pistol , killing Mata and Wright. According to the police report, one of the victims appeared to have shown signs of being beaten after being shot.
Police arrested Rowell and found him in possession of a .22 caliber revolver with six spent cartridge casings in the chamber, the gun case and Wright's bank bag.