Kenedy, Texas
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Kenedy is a city in Karnes County, Texas, United States, named for Mifflin Kenedy, who bought 400,000 acres and wanted to develop a new town that would carry his name. The population was 3,473 at the
Downtown Kenedy
Texas Seven
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The Texas 7 were a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B. Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, on December 13, 2000. Six of the seven were apprehended over a month later, between January 22–24,
Kenedy, Texas
…September 1945. The John B. Connally Unit, a state prison, is located 2 miles (3 km) south of the city limits. On December 13, 2000, a group called the Texas Seven escaped from that prison. They would go on a deadly crime spree before being caught. On July 24, 2019, the Karnes Countywide Newspaper featured a story…
The seven inmates involved in the escape. Top row, left to right, Joseph Garcia, Randy Halprin, Larry James Harper, and Patrick Murphy Jr. Bottom row, left to right, Donald Newbury, George Rivas, and Michael Anthony Rodriguez.
The surviving members are held at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit.
Huntsville Unit, where Rivas, Rodriguez, Newbury, and Garcia were executed.