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Death row inmate who killed man aged 18 dies in second US execution since lockdown

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A murderer who shot and killed an 82-year-old during a botched robbery when he was a teenager has been executed after 25 years on death row.

Billy Joe Wardlow was just 18 when he shot Carl Cole between the eyes while trying to steal his truck in East Texas in 1993.

The killer intended to use the vehicle to flee with his girlfriend from the small rural town they lived and start a new life away from allegedly abusive parents - but maintained in court he did not plan to kill Mr Cole.

Wardlow and his partner fled to South Dakota after the killing, where he was arrested. He was given a lethal injection at just before 7pm local time on Wednesday at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas.

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