Javier Cruz was executed by the State of Texas for two murders
According to court documents in two separate robberies Javier Cruz would murder two men: Louis Menard Neal, 71, and James Michael Ryan, 69. Both of the victims would die from strangulation
Javier Cruz would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Javier Cruz would be executed by lethal injection on October 2 1998
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Javier Cruz Case
A man who prosecutors say preyed on elderly homosexuals to get money to support his heroin habit was executed by injection Thursday for the strangulations of two San Antonio men.
Javier Cruz, 41, was condemned for killing Louis Menard Neal, 71, and James Michael Ryan, 69, during a month long crime spree motivated by his drug craving in June 1991.
“He was willing to do whatever was required in order to be the serial killer that he was,” said Bexar County Assistant District Atty. Robert McClure.
“He’s like the wolf preying on the weak sheep.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-10-02-9810020233-story.html
