Texas executes inmate for 2003 strangulation death of mother
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A Texas death row inmate was executed Wednesday nearly 20 years after he killed his mother after an argument.
His death came nearly two decades after he strangled his mother, Carolyn Click, to death following an argument in her East Texas home in November 2003. When asked if he had any last words, Beatty choked up and sobbed while strapped to a death chamber gurney and began speaking to his wife who was looking through a window a few feet from him. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
"I just want to thank ..." he said, his voice breaking. "I don’t want to leave you, baby. See you when you get there. I love you." He mouthed a kiss to her.
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