Garcia Glenn White, 61, was executed by lethal injection on 1 October 2024 in Huntsville, Texas for the murder of three women, and rape of one of them, in their home.
On 2 December 1989, King Solomon went to the Houston apartment of his girlfriend, Bonita Edwards, after having been unable to contact her since 29 November. After receiving no answer, he spoke with the apartment manager, who opened the door. They discovered that Edwards and her two teenage daughters, Annette and Bernette, 16, had been killed.
Houston police investigators determined that all three victims died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and chest and had been dead for several days. Annette was lying face down semi-nude with her head on a pillow and a blanket partially covering her body. It appeared that she had been sexually assaulted. A semen sample was collected from a bed sheet that had either her or twin's blood on it. Bernette was gagged with a towel that also wrapped around her neck. Blood was all over Bonita's shirt. There was blood on the walls, in the bathtub, and in the kitchen sink. Investigators found no sign of forced entry from the outside, but the bedroom door had been forced open. The telephone was off the hook.
The murders went unsolved for more than five years. In July 1995, police were investigating the murder of convenience store clerk Hai Van Pham. One of the people police interviewed, Techumseh Manuel, said that White had admitted killing the Edwardses. Police arrested White the next day.
White denied involvement until he was shown a portion of Manuel's interview. He said he was ready to tell the truth, and gave a videotaped confession. White stated that he and Terrence Moore went to the apartment to use drugs and have sex with Bonita. They both tried to have sex with her, but Bonita became angry because they would not share the drugs with her. According to White, Moore then stabbed Bonita. One or both of the girls then came out of their bedroom to see what was happening. White said he grabbed one of the girls, fondled her, and ejaculated. Moore forced his way into the bedroom, stabbed one girl, then came out and stabbed the other one. The two men then left.
After investigators learned that Terrence Moore was killed four months before the Edwards family, they confronted White again. This time, White confessed to killing all three victims and admitted to fabricating the story about Moore.
DNA from the semen sample collected from the bed sheet was matched to White.
White also confessed to the murder of Hai Van Pham during a robbery. He also confessed to killing Greta Williams, 27, in 1989 during a fight. Her body was found rolled up inside a carpet inside a vacant house. He was only tried for the twin sisters' murders.
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