Moises Sandoval Mendoza, a rapist and killer described by one prosecutor as one of the most "violent, sadistic men" he'd ever encountered, is set to be executed in Texas on Wednesday. Mendoza, 40, is ...

Five years ago this April, a rapist and killer described by one prosecutor as one of the most "violent, sadistic men" he'd ever encountered, was sentenced to Texas' death row. Now Moises Sandoval ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening as the victim's mother and other relatives looked on.

Moises Sandoval Mendoza was put to death Wednesday at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas. He was executed by lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. by prison authorities. He was the ...

Texas has executed Sandoval Mendoza, a rapist and killer described by one prosecutor as one of the most "violent, sadistic men" he'd ever encountered." Mendoza, 40, was executed by lethal injection ...

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I first realized the existence of the other Moises Mendoza while I was attending Georgetown University a few years ago. One day a student working at my college newspaper gingerly approached me. “I don ...

Mendoza is set to die by lethal injection for the murder of 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson on March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas. In 2006, the case was featured in the 10th season of ...