HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbour couple during a shooting rampage 13 years ago and said he wanted to be put to death for the crime was executed Wednesday evening. He had been charged with making a threatening phone call to Annette Copeland, and the neighbours had been engaged in a 2-year dispute over that. “Happy New Year,” he told Annette Copeland in the Jan. 1, 2001, call. A sheriff’s department dispatcher who took Annette Copeland’s 911 call about 1:30 a.m. on May 14, 2003, heard a man say: “Party’s over, bitch,” followed by a popping sound. Annette Copeland was found with three bullet wounds to her head.

Source: National Post October 06, 2016 15:45 UTC