kidnapping / makayla sifuentes 8th period

Texas executed Richard Cobb on Thursday for the 2002 abduction and killing of a man outside of the town of Rusk, southeast of Dallas, the state Department of Criminal Justice said. Cobb was convicted of kidnapping Kenneth Vandever. He was 37 years old, during an armed robbery at an convenience store and then shooting him and leaving him for dead in a field. Cobb was the fourth person to be executed in Texas this year. The author wrote this article for people to be aware of what others are doing in this world. the author didn't want this incident to happen again, and to let us know that the person has been captured and is now in jail. Author: CNN Staff Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/us/texas-execution/index.html?hpt=us_c2