Ten years ago on this date (14 January
2003), Samuel Clark Gallamore
was executed by lethal injection in Texas.
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Samuel Clark Gallamore
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Summary:
In 1992
Gallamore and accomplice James John Steiner drove to the residence of Verle
Clayton Kenney, his wife Julianna Kenney, and their daughter Adrienne Arnot,
for the purpose of robbing them. Steiner had previously cared for Mrs. Kenney
at a nursing home and hid while Gallamore went to the door. 44 year old Arnot
answered and both men rushed inside. They immediately began beating her and her
83 year old father with a tire iron and tree branch. They got a knife from the
kitchen and Gallamore stabbed Arnot in the neck. In all, Arnot suffered 12
blunt force blows to her head and face, and 14 blunt force blows to her upper
extremities. Gallamore discovered Mrs. Kenney, partially paralyzed, immobile in
a chair, and unable to defend herself. Gallamore, wielding the kitchen knife,
stabbed Mrs. Kenney in the neck and beat her so powerfully that it caused a
gaping hole in her skull measuring 7 inches long by 2 inches wide. All three
victims died. Two taped confessions by Gallamore detailing the crime were
admitted at trial. Gallamore claimed that he and Steiner were on a 2 week speed
binge at the time. Steiner was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Samuel Clark Gallamore
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QUOTE: Kristin Huffman, Arnot's cousin and
Julianna Kenney's niece, witnessed the execution and said her family had indeed
forgiven Gallamore. "We all believe Jesus died for
us and died for him," she said after the execution. "We forgave him. He's been reconciled with God now, and
you can't ask for any more than that."
AUTHOR: Family
members of the victims of Samuel Clark Gallamore. He murdered them on 29 March
1992. Samuel Clark Gallamore was executed by lethal injection in Texas on 14
January 2003.
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