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The third strike sentence landed Keith in the John B. Connally Unit. In the Kenedy, Texas, prison, he would meet and make friends with the six men with whom he would escape to enjoy forty-three days of freedom. After his recapture, the state of Texas executed Donald Keith Newbury on February 4, 2015, in Huntsville, Texas. Although he did not shoot Officer Aubrey Hawkins, Texas sentenced him to death for the murder of the officer, according to the law of parties. His burial site remains undocumented. George Angel Rivas Jr. George Angel Rivas Jr. was born on May 6, 1970, in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from high school in the same city.

Born on May 6, 1970, in El Paso, Texas, George Angel Rivas Jr., graduated from high school in the same city. At Ysleta High School, teachers remembered a handsome, clean-cut young man. Most described him as nondescript and intelligent. Only his teacher for speech class remembered suspecting Rivas could turn to crime.

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