Jeffery Tucker was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Wilton Humphreys
According to court documents Jeffery Tucker answered an ad placed by Wilton Humphreys regarding a truck for sale. Once Wilton Humphreys was inside of the truck with Tucker for a test ride Jeffery would pull a gun. A brief struggle took place and Wilton Humphreys would be shot twice dying from his injuries
Jeffery Tucker would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Jeffery Tucker would be executed by lethal injection on November 14 2001
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Jeffery Tucker was executed on November 14 2001
Jeffery Tucker Case
On the afternoon of July 11, 1988, a passing motorist found the body of Wilton Benthel Humphreys lying on a rural road in Parker County about 20 miles outside of Granbury, Texas. Humphreys had been shot twice in the chest and once in the face, had blood coming from his mouth and back of his head, had broken legs, and had tire marks on his pants. Humphreys’ driver’s license found in his pants pocket led investigators to his home where his wife explained that her husband had left earlier that day with a man, later identified as Tucker, to finalize the title transfer of a truck and travel trailer they had advertised for sale in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Tucker was arrested three days later in New Mexico driving the stolen truck in the course of a high-speed chase resulting from an armed robbery of a gas station. After Tucker’s arrest, he confessed in detail to Humphreys’ murder and to other crimes committed during the four-day crime spree culminating in his arrest, including an armed robbery of an Arlington motel clerk the day after Humphreys’ murder.
The day before Humphreys’ murder, Tucker, who had recently been released from prison, searched the classified advertisements for a vehicle suitable for travel and camping where Tucker could inexpensively and unnoticeably travel cross-country in a nationwide robbery spree. Tucker spotted the Humphreys’ ad in the newspaper, and, using an assumed name, called to arrange a test drive. Then, Tucker stole two checks from his brother’s checkbook and wrote one out for $423, which he then cashed at his brother’s bank. Next, in violation of his parole, Tucker used the money to buy a gun at a pawn shop, which he used in the murder of Humphreys and in two armed-robberies following the murder.
Tucker’s confession revealed the following details: The Humphreys’, who were selling the truck and trailer because they had purchased a large RV to travel in together, met with Tucker at their home. Tucker went on a test drive with Humphreys and later visited with Mrs. Humphreys in her living room while Humphreys left to get some attachments for the trailer. Then, after making a pretextual phone call, Tucker and Humphreys left together in the truck to go to the bank in Granbury to transfer the paperwork and finalize the sale. Once the two men were in the truck alone, Tucker pulled out the gun from a paper sack he had been carrying and forced Humphreys to drive out of town. About 20 miles outside of town, Tucker forced Humphreys to pull onto a road off the main highway. Tucker instructed Humphreys to stop and get out of the truck, allegedly so Tucker could tie him up on a fence post. Tucker alleges that while both he and Humphreys were out of the truck, Humphreys tried to get back into the truck and lock Tucker out. Tucker’s confession states that a struggle then ensued that ended up with Tucker shooting Humphreys two times. The autopsy revealed that Humphreys had been shot twice in the chest and once in the face. After Tucker shot Humphreys, Tucker shoved him out of the truck and drove off, at which time the rear wheels of the truck and the wheels on the left hand side of the trailer ran over Humphreys’ legs.
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