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Chilling Last Words of Death Row Inmate
He spoke to his wife as he received the lethal injection.
Tracy Beatty married his wife in prison, while he served time on death row for murder. The couple exchanged letters and the woman began visiting Beatty and married him in the prison chapel in October 2022.
As stays and delays came and went, the execution was set for just a month later.
Tracy Beatty was sentenced to death for murdering his own mother years earlier. Beatty’s mother, named Caroline (62), had been assaulted by him many times but was excited when he moved in with her and hoped to repair their relationship.
Beatty’s violent outbursts made this impossible and Caroline asked her son to move out following a serious assault in which he beat her badly and then left her for dead.
Beatty didn’t move out, despite numerous requests. Finally, he beat and strangled Caroline to death. Beatty buried his mother in a grave in her backyard, alongside her mobile phone. He then took her money and used it to buy alcohol and drugs.
