Execution Report: LeJames Norman

LeJames Norman, 40, was executed by lethal injection on 16 September 2026 in Huntsville, Texas for the robbery and murder of three people in their home.

On Wednesday, 24 August 2005, Norman, then 19, and Ker'sean Ramey, 20, stole masks from a discount store then went to the home of their neighbor, Sam Roberts, in Edna in Jackson County. Their objective was to steal a hundred kilograms of cocaine they believed to be inside. They wrapped tape around their shoes so as not to leave a trail. They donned their masks, cocked their handguns, and knocked on the door. Celso Lopez, 38, answered. Norman and Ramey then forced their way inside. Norman was carrying a .22-caliber pistol. He held it on Lopez while Ramey went to the rear of the house to look for the cocaine.

While Ramey was gone, Norman shot Lopez in the cheek, purportedly by accident. Ramey came back to the front and forced Lopez into a bedroom and made him lie on the floor. Roberts, 24, then came home with his girlfriend, Tiffani Peacock, 18. When Peacock saw what was happening, she tried to run away. Norman grabbed her, forced her to her knees inside the house, near the front door, and shot her in the back of the head. Roberts then attacked Norman. They struggled in the kitchen until Ramey shot Roberts. Norman then immediately shot Roberts several more times while he lay on the floor. Ramey then went back to the bedroom and shot Lopez in the back of the head as he lay on the floor.

Norman and Ramey then left the house. As they walked away, Norman realized that he had left his police scanner inside. He went back in to retrieve the scanner. While there, he shot each of the victims several more times to ensure that they were dead. He and Ramey did not find any cocaine.

Ramey was arrested. Norman fled to Mexico. He was arrested upon trying to return to Texas using false identification.

Norman gave the above account of the murders at Ramey's capital murder trial in January 2007. He pled guilty at his own subsequent trial.

At Norman's punishment hearing, the prosecution presented evidence that during an unsuccessful attempt to escape from county jail with another inmate, Norman held a shank to the neck of a jailer and threatened to kill her. The prosecution also presented evidence that Norman committed two armed robberies on the same day before the age of ten.

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