Execution Report: Aaron Foust

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Ward, who was a nurse by training, was a vice president at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Foust's connection to him was not explicitly stated in news articles, but Foust was a part-time drug dealer and claimed that Ward owed him $500.

"The situation with Mr. Ward, it was just business," Foust said in the Death Row interview. "He entered into a contract with me. Obviously, I couldn't take him to court." Foust said he killed Ward because he resisted handing over the cash and partly because he "just didn't like the guy."

"Mostly it was his attitude," Foust said. "He had a real arrogant, snobbish kind of attitude. Here's a guy who's got a damn good job, education, he's got this attitude he's better than me. It seems like to me he's worse than me. He thought he was untouchable."

"Sometimes I wish I did kind of feel something," he said. "The bottom line is, if I was the type to feel remorseful, I wouldn't have done this in the first place. It takes a good deal of determination to put a man in a chokehold and choke the life out of him."

Foust said that the only thing he had to say to the victim's relatives was "adios."

"If I felt sorry for what I did, I would say so. But I don't."

The victim's brother, Michael Ward, traveled from England to attend Foust's execution. Two of Foust's friends were also there.

"Adios, amigos," Foust said to his friends. "I'll see you on the other side. That's it. I'm ready when y'all are." The lethal injection was then started. He was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m.

By David Carson. Posted on 17 May 2016.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.