A Texas man who admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and shooting an 18-year-old was executed Wednesday night, despite a psychiatrist’s changed testimony.
Ramiro Gonzalez, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. local time following a lethal injection at Huntsville State Penitentiary for the 2001 murder of Bridget Townsend.
Her remains were not found until a year later, when Gonzales led authorities to the location in southwest Texas where she left her body.
Moments before he died Wednesday night, Gonzalez apologized to the victim’s family.
“I can’t put into words the pain I’ve caused everyone, the pain, what I took from myself and I can’t give it back,” he said. “I hope this apology is enough.”
Ramiro Gonzales, 41, admitted to kidnapping, raping and shooting to death Bridget Townsend, 18, in 2001.
Townsend’s remains were not found until the following year, when Gonzalez led authorities to her body.
“I never stopped praying that you would forgive me and that one day I would have the opportunity to forgive you,” she continued.
‘I owe my life to all of you and I hope that one day you will forgive me.’
Gonzales was convicted of shooting Townsend to death after stealing drugs and money and kidnapping her in January 2001 at a home in Bandera County, located northwest of San Antonio.
He took her to his family’s ranch in neighboring Medina County, where he sexually assaulted and killed her.
