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The 1982 Lake Waco Murders refers to the deaths of three teenagers (two females, one male) near Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, in July 1982. The police investigation and criminal trials that followed the murders lasted for more than a decade and resulted in the execution of one man, David Wayne Spence, and life prison sentences for two other men ...
Jul 13, 2022 · David Wayne Spence (McLennan County Jail) Retired Waco police Lt. Marvin Horton, now 82, remembers how hard his investigators worked to solve the case and the rift that grew among officers...
David Spence was executed in connection with the rape and torture murders of two 17-year-old girls and the murder of an 18-year-old boy in Waco. He received death sentences in two trials for the murders.
David F. Smith worked as city manager of Waco from 1971-1989. Here, he remembers the 1982 Lake Waco Murders and states that the local police department remained uncertain about the arrest, conviction, and eventual execution of David Wayne Spence.
David Spence was at the county jail awaiting trial for aggravated sexual abuse. If Simons had a job at the jail, he could get close to Spence and use him to solve the lake murders.
Oct 1, 2005 · On a rainy Thursday evening in April, David Wayne Spence, 38 years old, heavily tattooed and 60 pounds overweight, was walked into the death chamber of the state prison at Huntsville, Texas.
Jan 15, 2017 · Melendez was serving two life prison terms after pleading guilty to two counts of murder in the case and testifying against David Wayne Spence at his trial in Bryan.
In his final words, David Wayne Spence remained steadfast in his claim of innocence. Though multiple lawyers found discrepancies in the handling of the case and in Spence’s conviction, the State executed him by lethal injection on April 3, 1997.
Jul 25, 1997 · On a rainy Thursday evening in April David Wayne Spence, 38 years old, heavily tattooed and 60 pounds overweight, was walked into the death chamber of the state prison at Huntsville, Tex.
The case of David Wayne Stoker, executed June 16, 1997, illustrates many of the problems in Texas’ death penalty system. The star witness was paid by a crime-stopper program and had drug charges against him dropped. The district attorney’s investigator and the police gave false testimony.
