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LUIS WAS MURDERED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT
LUIS WAS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF A MAN THAT WAS DATING HIS EX-WIFE OF 3 YEARS..HE HAD ALREADY REMARRIED AND SWORE TO ME THAT HE DIDN’T’ EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS DATING..
AFTER HE WAS PUT ON DEATH ROW INVESTIGATORS FOUND A RECEIPT WHERE LUIS HAD FILLED HIS CAR UP WITH GAS ON HIS CREDIT CARD ABOUT 120 MILES AWAY ON THE DAY THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED…
THEN LATER A LADY CAME FORWARD AFTER SHE HEARD ABOUT THE CONVICTION AND SIGNED AN AFFIDAVIT THAT SHE WAS WITH HIM IN THAT TOWN, 120 MILES AWAY..AS HE WAS SHOWING HER SOME PROPERTY FOR SALE..HE WORKED AS A REALTOR. SHE EVEN DESCRIBED HAVING TO BORROW HIS RUBBER BOOTS AS THE LAND WAS VERY MUDDY AT THE TIME…SHE ALSO FILLED HER CAR UP AT THE SAME GAS STATION AND HAD THE RECEIPT.;
THE POLICE WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING INTERESTED IN THE FACTS…THEY SAID THAT IF HE DIDN’T’ DO IT HE STILL COULD HAVE PAID SOMEONE TO DO IT.YET THERE WAS NEVER ANY EVIDENCE OF MONEY BEING TAKEN OUT OF HIS CHECKING ACCOUNT OR ANY EVIDENCE OF A PAYOUT..
ALSO LUIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL FORCES EARLIER IN HIS LIFE.. THE MAN THAT WAS MURDERED WAS FOUND JUST BARELY COVERED WITH A FEW LEAVES TO HIDE HIM..BEING A MEMBER OF SPECIAL FORCES LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IF IT WERE LUIS NO ONE WOULD HAVE EVER FOUND THE BODY..
LUIS WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON.LOVED TO PLAY PRACTCAL JOKES ON PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM LAUGH..HE DID THIS ON A DAILY BASIS..HIS NICKNAME ON THE ROW WAS “DOC” AS HE WAS ALSO A MEDIC IN THE ARMED FORCES.
ON THE DAY HE WAS EXECUTED I WAS SITTING WITH HIM CRYING AND HE SAID THAT ONE DAY TEXAS WOULD HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAD KILLED THE WRONG MAN… I LOOKED AT HIM WITH TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE,..I TOLD HIM “NO LUIS THIS IS TEXAS THEY NEVER ADMIT TO MAKING MISTAKES”..HE JUST LAUGHED AND SAID “ YEAH YOU’RE RIGHT”…
THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS ..FOR EVERY INNOCENT MAN THAT TEXAS EXECUTES, THERE IS STILL A KILLER OUT THERE THAT GOT AWAY WITH IT AND MOST LIKELY WILL DO IT AGAIN.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER,MYSELF AND MY BEST FRIEND,MYRIAM, ALL LOVED LUIS SO MUCH.
HE WAS A TINY LITTLE HISPANIC MAN ..VERY HANDSOME AND VERY LIKEABLE..AND ALWAYS MAKING YOU LAUGH…
WE MISS YOU LUIS..AND THE WORLD IS NOT A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT HERE WITH US..