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       ~ Ramiro Gonzalez, 26Jun24, (TX) ~
       By: BuzzC Date: August 17, 2021, 6:56 pm
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       Death Row Information
       Inmate Information
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       Name
       TDCJ Number
       Date of Birth
       Date Received
       Age (when Received)
       Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)
       Date of Offense
       Age (at the time of Offense)
       County
       Race
       Gender
       Hair Color
       Height (in Feet and Inches)
       Weight (in Pounds)
       Eye Color
       Native County
       Native State
       Prior Occupation
       Welder, Fence Builder
       Prior Prison Record
       TDCJ#1259816 on a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault
       with deadly weapon from Bandera County.
       Summary of Incident
       On January 15, 2001, Gonzales kidnapped and sexually assaulted
       an 18-year-old female before fatally shooting her.
       Co-Defendants
       None
       Race and Gender of Victim
       White Female
       #Post#: 648--------------------------------------------------
       Re: ~ Ramiro Gonzalez, 26Jun24, (TX) ~
       By: BuzzC Date: June 26, 2024, 7:30 pm
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       Texas man executed for 2001 abduction and killing of 18-year-old
       woman--
       Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
       HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who admitted he kidnapped,
       sexually assaulted and fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in 2001
       was executed Wednesday evening.
       Ramiro Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CDT
       following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in
       Huntsville for the January 2001 killing of Bridget Townsend,
       authorities said.
       Gonzales kidnapped Townsend from a rural home in Bandera County,
       northwest of San Antonio. He later took her to his family’s
       ranch in neighboring Medina County, where he sexually assaulted
       her before killing her. Her body wasn’t found until October
       2002, when Gonzales led authorities to her remains in southwest
       Texas after he had received two life sentences for kidnapping
       and raping another woman.
       The U.S. Supreme Court declined a defense plea to intervene
       about 1 and 1/2 hours before the execution was scheduled to
       start. The high court rejected arguments by Gonzales’ lawyers
       that he had taken responsibility for what he did and that a
       prosecution expert witness now says he was wrong in testifying
       that Gonzales would be a future danger to society, a legal
       finding needed to impose a death sentence.
       “I just want (Townsend’s mother) to know how sorry I really am.
       I took everything that was valuable from a mother,” said
       Gonzales, who was 18 years old at the time.
       The victim's brother wasn't persuaded. In various petitions and
       posts on Change.org, David Townsend criticized efforts to
       portray Gonzales as anything other than a convicted murderer who
       committed “unforgivable acts."
       “Our family seeks not revenge, but closure and a measure of
       peace after years of heartache — a quest that is hindered, not
       helped, by decisions that allow the perpetrator of our pain to
       remain in the public eye,” he wrote.
       On Monday, the parole board voted 7-0 against commuting
       Gonzales’ death sentence to a lesser penalty. Members also
       rejected granting him a six-month reprieve.
       Prosecutors described Gonzales as a sexual predator who told
       police he ignored Townsend’s pleas to spare her life. They
       argued that jurors reached the right decision on a death
       sentence because he had a long criminal history and showed no
       remorse.
       “The State’s punishment case was overwhelming,” the Texas
       Attorney General’s Office said. “Even if Dr. Gripon’s testimony
       were wiped from the punishment slate, it would not have
       mattered.”
       Gonzales’ execution was the second this year in Texas and the
       eighth in the U.S. On Thursday, Oklahoma is scheduled to execute
       Richard Rojem for the 1984 abduction, rape and killing of a
       7-year-old girl.
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