Luis Cervantes Salazar admits to unsolved murder before being executed for another

**Kalehue** · April 6th, 2009, 02:42 PM

A 17-year-old cold case murder was solved with the confession of a killer just moments from the death chamber.

Luis Cervantes Salazar was executed last month for the stabbing murder of a woman in October 1997. But shortly before his death, he was encouraged by his spiritual counselor to speak with Texas Rangers about other crimes he committed.

He confessed to the 1992 stabbing of a convenience store clerk in San Antonio, just an hour and a half before he was executed.

San Antonio police say his confession solved the murder of Melissa Morales. Salazar had not previously been considered a suspect.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6360919.html

**penelopejo** · April 6th, 2009, 03:17 PM

It took him dying to admit to killing some one else. Would it have hurt him to do it before the time he actually did it? He was already on death row.....

**Nell** · April 6th, 2009, 03:22 PM

My daughters uncles name is Luis Cervantes. That freaked me out for a minute. Thankfully not him.

**Kalehue** · April 6th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by penelopejo

It took him dying to admit to killing some one else. Would it have hurt him to do it before the time he actually did it? He was already on death row.....

No kidding. But at least he finally admitted it. I wonder how many go to the grave with secrets that could give some families some closure.