Feb. 11
TEXAS----new execution date Judge sets execution date for murderer After 12 years of waiting, Timothy Titsworth heard when he will die Friday in what probably was his last court hearing. In 1993, a Randall County jury found him guilty of chopping his girlfriend Christine Marie Sossaman to death. On Friday, 181st District Judge John Board told Titsworth, 33, he will receive a lethal injection in Huntsville after 6 p.m. on June 26. Sossaman planned to tell Titsworth to move out of her home because he was stealing from her, and the next day he killed her by striking her approximately 16 times with a dull, double-bladed ax, according to court documents. The victim was probably asleep in bed when the attack started and ended up on the floor. A medical examiner said she could have lived from 20 minutes to a number of hours after the attack, but she suffered at least 1 more blow from the ax after she died. Titsworth started pawning her belongings to buy crack cocaine, returning to the home several times. Police captured him on a return trip to the home, and he eventually confessed to the crime, according to the court documents. (source: Amarillo Globe-News)
