Dallas man executed for McKinney murder of real estate agent
HUNTSVILLE — He lived to be 41, a year longer than the woman he murdered. But theA Collin CountyChanthakoummane to death for beating and fatally stabbing Sarah Anne Walker, a real estate agent, during a robbery at a model home in McKinney in 2006.
The murder of the 40-year-old mother of two in the suburb north of Dallas shocked residents with its brutality and randomness and attracted national media attention. It was clear from her defensive wounds, police said, that Walker fought Chanthakoummane as he repeatedly stabbed her and bit her on the neck during a fierce struggle.
When Chanthakoummane was arrested nearly two months later, police noticed healing cuts and scratches on his hands. He initially denied being in McKinney but then said his car had broken down in front of the model home. But he maintained his innocence, claiming he walked inside to get a drink of water and left without encountering anyone.
Chanthakoummane “intentionally and repeatedly attempted to isolate a woman to commit the offense,” court records said. His parents were poor farmers in Laos. His father also served in the Laotian Army, helping the U.S. during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s before being “sent to a re-education camp after the Communists took power in 1974,” according to court records.
But his conduct soon escalated, resulting in serious felony charges when he and another teen broke into the North Carolina house and held the occupants hostage. Chanthakoummane was sentenced to 11 years in prison for kidnapping and robbery and was paroled to Texas after seven years.
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