Sylvester Walton, 44, of Fort Worth, Texas, was shot dead in his own home on December 27, 1993. When Walton asked what they wanted, Jennings shot him in the face with a .32-caliber pistol, killing him instantly, then took a pouch from Walton’s pockets before moving further into the house.

Inside the home the pair encountered 27-year-old Wanda Matthews rising from a bed. Jennings shot her in the head, left, then returned and shot her a second time after hearing her moan. Police later tied a loaded .32-caliber handgun found in the trunk of a vehicle to both killings by ballistics; that car matched the description of one used in the robbery and led to John Freeman’s arrest a few days after the murders. Investigators described the killings as drug-related robberies.

Jennings was convicted in 1995 of two counts of capital murder and later executed by lethal injection on November 16, 1999. Freeman was convicted of murder and received a 30-year prison sentence.