Texas man executed for stabbing his ex-wife and drowning her daughter says his last words

On Tuesday, Texas executed a man who was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her daughter in 2009.

Gary Green, 51, was lethally injected Tuesday night at 7:07 pm in connection with the September 2009 murder of 32-year-old Lovette Armstead and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazmine Montgomery, at their Dallas home. Greene stabbed Armstead more than two dozen times, and Jazzman was drowned in the tub.

In his last words, he addressed the family of the people he had killed.

“Wetta, Jared, Ray, I’m so sorry, no, I’m not sorry, I’m sorry for all the harm I’ve caused you and your family. We ate together, we broke bread together, we laughed and cried together as a family. I’m sorry I let you down, there’s nothing I can do I’m not just saying this because I’m lying on this gurney We were all one and I broke that bond right or wrong I took not one but two people that we all loved and I had to live with it while I was here. I ask you to forgive me, not for me, but for all of you. I’m going to go home and you’ll all be here. I want to make sure you don’t suffer. You must forgive me in order to heal and move on. I’m sorry JT, I always loved you and said I’d never say goodbye, but this is goodbye. I can’t help it. bring your mother and sister back. One thing about the person I used to be is that I never stopped loving you all. See you on the other side. God bless you. I’m done, Guardian,” Greene said.

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Ray Montgomery, Montgomery’s father, said he did not welcome Greene’s execution, but viewed it as the justice system in action.

“This is justice for the way my daughter was tortured. This is justice for the way Lovett was killed,” Montgomery said.

Greene’s lawyers had previously said the convicted killer was mentally handicapped and suffered from mental health problems.

“These violations likely rendered (Green) unable to form the necessary intent to commit capital murder,” Greene’s lawyers wrote in a 2018 appeal.

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Efforts by Green’s attorneys were unsuccessful as the appeals were rejected by the appellate courts as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has banned the death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities, but not for people with serious mental illness.

Green killed his ex-wife and her daughter after Armstead wanted to end their marriage.

Armstead wrote two letters to Green on the day he killed her expressing his love for him, but also saying that she should “do what is best for me”.

Green also wrote a letter accusing Armstead and her daughter of plotting against him.

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“You asked to show the monster, so here it is, the monster you made for me… Today I will have 5 lives, I am the fifth,” wrote Green.

Police said Green also intended to kill Armstead’s other two children, aged 9 and 12 at the time. Green stabbed a 9-year-old boy, but he survived.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.