Billie Wayne Coble's execution in Texas ignited a violent family drama within the observation room.
By Alex Horton Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 1 at 12:25 PM In the decades after he was sentenced to die for a triple murder, Billie Wayne Coble had plenty time to consider how his final moment alive may play out.
Coble left a long, baffling trail of wreckage over the killings and the kidnapping of his estranged wife, Karen Vicha, whose three daughters and nephew he tied up in their home before the abduction. On Thursday evening, he was asked if wanted to provide any last words, the Associated Press reported.Billie Wayne Coble. He told gathered family that he loved them. “That’ll be $5,” he repeated and nodded, adding: “take care.” He began to gasp and snore, the AP reported.
Dalton Wayne Coble, left, and Gordon Wayne Coble. The fracas was an exclamation point at the end of a 30-year legal odyssey for a man who one former prosecutor said had a “heart full of scorpions.” He returned to Karen Vicha’s home to wait for her return, the Houston Chronicle reported, citing court records.“Karen, I’ve killed your momma and your daddy and your brother,” he told her upon arrival, the paper reported. “They are all dead, and nobody is going to come help you now.”
In 2007, an appeals court ordered a new trial on his punishment, but a second jury convened and handed down a death sentence the following year, the AP reported. Some family members of the victims disagreed with that notion. J.R. Vicha was 11 when he was tied up and threatened by Coble, alongside his cousins. He told the AP the execution brought a sense of relief.
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