The State of Texas has executed a 41-year-old man convicted of the 2004 brutal murder of a 20-year-old mother, making Moises Sandoval Mendoza the 13th death row inmate to have their sentence carried out this year.

A Texas man has been executed for the killing of a young mother more than 20 years ago. Moises Sandoval Mendoza apologized to the victim's relatives present just before he received a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

Texas death row inmate Moises Mendoza is set to be executed April 23 for the 2004 murder of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson.