Cedric Ricks was 38 years old at the time of the murders that occurred in 2013 and was sentenced to death. Ricks was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez, her 8-year-old son, Anthony Figueroa, and stabbing her 12-year-old son marcus Figueroa, 25 times, but survived and was able to testify in the murder trial.
During the trial, Marcus testified and told the jury how he came up with a plan to get Marcus to stop stabbing him. He said he made a grueling noise similar to what his brother Anthony made. He said that when he made that sound, Ricks stopped stabbing him. That’s when Ricks left, and Marcus got up and called the police. There was also an 8-month-old son in the home at the time that Ricks left unharmed.
Cedric Ricks is now 51 years old and was set to be executed on Wednesday, March 11. He was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. Wednesday evening & is the second person put to death in Texas in 2026…