Since Walker’s death, Houston Realtor Crystal McDowell was found murdered. Chanthakoummane is of Laotian heritage.Īwareness campaigns regarding Realtor safety have become more prevalent in years since Walker’s murder.

Teeth marks were evident on her body, and witnesses said they saw a man “of Asian descent” near the model home where Walker was found. According to forensic reports, Walker was brutally assaulted before she was murdered. He said he entered the home after having car trouble but never saw Walker. Despite the conviction, Chanthakoummane has always maintained his innocence. The attorney called the murder a robbery gone awry. After reviewing the evidence, the court denied the appeal and concluded that newly tested DNA evidence would have been unlikely to change the trial’s outcome.ĭuring the trial, Chanthakoummane’s defense attorney said he stabbed Walker. In 2017, a Collin County trial court heard an appeal on behalf of Chanthakoumanne regarding these claims.

“Chanthakoummane’s conviction relied on bite-mark analysis and witness hypnosis, two discredited forensic techniques, and statistically flawed DNA testimony,” according to the Death Penalty Information Center. However, Death Penalty Action is requesting clemency for Chanthakoummane, citing evidence used to convict him that is no longer considered reliable in many courts. A jury convicted Kosoul Chanthakoummane in the 2006 murder of Sarah Ann Walker, a McKinney real estate agent that was found brutally assaulted and murdered in a model home, and after a lengthy appeals process, the State of Texas is set to execute him by lethal injection on Wednesday, Aug.

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