McCurley Awaits Trial in Tarrant County For 1974 Murder of Carla Walker
(Fort Worth, TX) – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office today filed paperwork seeking a sentence of life in prison, not the death penalty, for Glen Samuel McCurley, 78. McCurley was arrested on a charge of capital murder September 21, 2020, for the 1974 murder of Carla Walker.
“The decision to seek or not to seek the death penalty is one of the most important decisions this office makes,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson said.
“After much analysis, and with the support of the family of Carla Walker, we have determined that justice would best be served in this case by waiving the death penalty and seeking a sentence which ensures this Defendant will spend the rest of his days in prison.”
Prosecutors wonât seek death penalty for Carla Walkerâs accused killer
By FOX 4 Staff article
FORT WORTH, Texas - Tarrant County prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing a teenage girl nearly 50 years ago. After much analysis and with the support of the family of Carla Walker, we have determined that justice would best be served in this case by waiving the death penalty and seeking a sentence which ensures this defendant will spend the rest of his days in prison, said Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson.
Police arrested 78-year-old Glen McCurley last year for Walker’s murder.
Tarrant DA to Seek Life in Prison, Not Death, in the Murder of Carla Walker Family supports prosecutors seeking life behind bars, not death, for man suspected in killing woman more than 45 years ago
Published May 6, 2021 •
Updated on May 6, 2021 at 3:43 pm
Cynthia Stone
The 78-year-old man accused of killing Carla Walker in 1974 will spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of her murder and will not face the death penalty, the Tarrant County District Attorney s Office says.
The DA s office said Thursday they intend to seek a life sentence, not the death penalty, for Glen Samuel McCurley in the teenager s murder, and that the decision has the support of the victim s family.
Prosecutors won t seek death penalty for man accused in 1974 murder of Carla Walker, whose case went unsolved for 46 years
Carla Walker was kidnapped in February of 1974 and her body was found in a culvert two days. The case went unsolved until September 2020. Author: Eline de Bruijn Updated: 1:23 PM CDT May 6, 2021
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas
Note: The video above is from September 2020, following the arrest.
A man who was arrested last year in the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker will face the possibility of life in prison instead of the death penalty, officials announced Thursday.
Glen Samuel McCurley, 78, was arrested on a capital murder charge in September 2020. The case had been unsolved for 46 years - until detectives obtained a full DNA match to what was found on Carla s clothes from the crime scene.
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