Jedidiah Issac Murphy biography: 10 things about Texas native

Jedidiah “Jim” Issac Murphy was an American Jewish man born and raised in Texas, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

A Texas prisoner who questioned the evidence given to the jury that sentenced him to death for killing an 80-year-old woman decades ago has been executed.

Jedidiah Murphy, 48, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. https://t.co/Hl3z2J5daE

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 11, 2023

1. He graduated from high school and worked as a welder, a contractor and a laborer.
2. He was 5’7″ tall and his registered weight was 155 pounds.
3. He was 54 years younger than Bertie Lee Cunningham of Garland, Texas.
4. In 1994, he was released from jail after serving time on burglary charges.
5. In 2016, he had the opportunity to become a bar mitzvah and don tefillin, which he never experienced as a young boy who was in and out of the foster care system.
6. On October 4, 2000, he carjacked Cunningham in Dallas County, Texas, robbed her, forced her into the trunk of her car and fatally shot her in the head. He drove her car, used her automated teller machine and credit cards, took her body to a creek and left it there.
7. On October 6, 2000, he was arrested and he confessed to the murder of Cunningham.
8. On June 11, 2001, he was convicted of capital murder.
9. On July 26, 2001, he was sentenced to death.
10. On October 10, 2023, he was executed via lethal injection inside the Walls Unit execution chamber at the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. He was 48.