What
if you had two of your family members murdered by two different killers on two
different years? Unit 1012 knows it will be very tragic and pain. But for Mary
Jane Garcia, it was double justice. Her mother, Elizabeth Alvarado was murdered
by Adolph Gil Hernandez on September 30, 1988. Her daughter, Melisa Garcia was murdered
by Jack Wade Clark on October 15, 1989. Jack Wade Clark and Adolph Gil
Hernandez were both executed by lethal injection in Texas on January 9, 2001
and February 8, 2001 respectively.
We thank God that she received
double justice from the State of Texas, as both the killers were put to death.
Her case totally discounts the myth that the death penalty creates a new set of
victims, Mary did not feel like another victim but she was satisfied that
justice was served twice. Below are the summary of the two murders and 3 quotes
from Mary Garcia.
 |
|
Jack Wade Clark
|
Summary:
Clark spotted 23 year old Melisa Garcia making a call from a public phone booth
on the street. When she finished the call, Clark approached and stabbed her in
the shoulder. He then forced her into her own car, raped her, then stabbed her
in the heart. Defendant led police to body and confessed. Post-conviction DNA
confirmed guilt. Tragically, the victim's grandmother was murdered by Adolph
Hernandez one year earlier. Both Clark and Hernandez were executed in 2001.
QUOTE 1: Mary Jane Garcia, Melisa Garcia's mother, said she
doesn't believe Clark's last-minute apology. "He
said he was sorry, but I don't think he meant it," Garcia said
after witnessing Clark's death. "I needed to be
here because of what he did to my daughter. Seeing him take his last breath
made me feel better."
QUOTE 2: The Slaton woman plans to witness a second execution
next month. Adolph Gil Hernandez, the man who robbed and killed her mother, is
scheduled for lethal injection Feb. 8. "I'm
praying. God is helping me. I know I can come again," Garcia said. "That way these two chapters in my life can be closed.
I've been waiting 12 years. Once it's over, I'll never remember (the killers')
names again."
 |
Adolph Gil Hernandez
|
Summary: Paroled from Burglary 8 months earlier, broke into home and beat 69
year old victim with a baseball bat, causing a broken arm and wrist, head
lacerations, a broken nose, and a fractured skull. Hernandez left the house
with the victim's purse and was confronted by her daughter, who was able to
wrestle the bat away from him. She then chased him, hitting him with the bat
until he escaped. Minutes earlier, Hernandez had tried unsuccessfully to enter
a nearby home using the bat, but a young boy stopped him. Threatened a trial
Judge in this case; 5 prior felony convictions. Tragically, another daughter of
the victim had her daughter murdered by Jack Clark in unrelated case. Both
Clark and Hernandez were executed in 2001. http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/hernandez697.htm
QUOTE 3: The
scene was all too familiar for Mary Jane Garcia. Returning to Huntsville for
the second time in a month, the West Texas woman watched Thursday night as a
convicted killer was put to death for murdering one of her loved ones. "For me, it was the same," Garcia said after
watching Adolph Gil Hernandez receive lethal injection for killing her
69-year-old mother with a baseball bat during a robbery more than a dozen years
ago. "I'm just relieved and happy to know it's
over. We don't have to worry about him getting out."
No comments:
Post a Comment