Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. As the injection began taking effect, Thompson gasped loudly, then took about a dozen breaths that evolved into three snores. Cain died at the scene, and Hayslip died in a hospital a week later. On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had denied Thompson’s request to commute his death sentence to a lesser penalty. Texas has historically held more executions than any other state though Florida had the most in 2025 with 19.