Raymond Landry
Raymond Landry Sr. was 39 when the State of Texas executed him by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville on December 13, 1988, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A 2026 USA Today article, citing the Death Penalty Information Center, reports that minutes after the drugs began flowing, a vein blew out and a syringe came loose, spraying chemicals across the execution chamber. The article says the execution team was ordered to reinsert the catheter, and that he was pronounced dead 40 minutes after being strapped to the gurney.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Raymond Landry Sr. was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit; the Death Penalty Information Center reports that a vein blew out and a syringe came loose during the procedure, and the execution team reinserted the catheter.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); Death Penalty Information Center.