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June 12 (Reuters) – A 43-year-old man was executed on
Wednesday for killing an East Texas firefighter in 1998 during a
six-month crime spree that included rapes and burglaries, the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Elroy Chester was pronounced dead at 7:04 p.m. CDT (0004 GMT
Thursday) after a lethal injection at a state prison in
Huntsville, the department said in a statement.
(Reporting by David Bailey; Editing by Bil Trott)
