‌Charles Victor Thompson begged for forgiveness moments before he was given the lethal injection at the chamber in the jail in Huntsville, Texas. One of the witnesses — whose son was killed by Thompson — exclaimed: "He’s in hell" as the killer was declared dead by a physician. ‌And Thompson, 55, became the first person executed in the United States this year, having spent nearly 30 years on death row for the two murders. Thompson and Ms Hayslip had been romantically involved for one year in the mid 1990s but split after Thompson "became increasingly possessive, jealous and abusive." He returned three hours later and shot both Ms Hayslip and Mr Cain.