Katy family still waiting for justice nearly 20 years after 2009 capital murder case

The Brief

  • In May 2009, 19-year-old Ricky Virappen was shot six times and killed during a robbery while working as a night manager at a Katy Popeyes.
  • Former Popeyes employee George Curry Jr., now 59, was charged and convicted in the capital murder case.
  • Ricky’s family has waited almost two decades as the case moved slowly through state appeals and now into the federal appeals process.
  • The Virappens say they were not notified about a recent federal hearing and had to seek out information themselves.

KATY, Texas Death penalty cases can drag on for years. The Virappen’s from Katy wonder how much longer they must wait for justice.

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Katy family waiting for justice in 2009 murder case

In May 2009, 19-year-old Ricky Virappen, the night manager at Popeyes, was shot six times during a robbery.

A now 59-year-old George Curry Jr., a former Popeyes employee, killed Ricky.

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