{"id":167644,"date":"2025-08-22T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167644\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:00:22","slug":"bexar-county-jury-finds-rc-curtis-guilty-of-capital-murder-of-beloved-h-e-b-employee-paula-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167644\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County jury finds RC Curtis guilty of capital murder of beloved H-E-B employee Paula Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>BEXAR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 After more than four hours of deliberating, R.C. Curtis was found guilty of capital murder by a Bexar County jury on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Below is the moment Curtis heard his guilty sentence.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The guilty verdict ensures Curtis will serve a sentence of life in prison. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Below are Friday\u2019s closing arguments inside a Bexar County courtroom. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Curtis stood accused of beating, strangling and sexually assaulting Paula Boyd, 75, who was a beloved H-E-B employee. She was found dead in her apartment on Oct. 21, 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At the time of the murder, Curtis was married to Boyd\u2019s granddaughter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Below is an impact statement read on behalf of Boyd\u2019s family. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt has been nearly 10 years of pain of our loss and worry over this trial,\u201d the statement began. \u201cIn that regard, the family would like to take this opportunity to honor Paula Boyd by following her example. We pray that all who commit crimes confess their sins, pay their penalty and receive forgiveness and absolution before God. Please do this before it is too late. It\u2019s what Paula would want.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Over the span of three days\u2019 worth of testimony, the state said Curtis used Boyd\u2019s credit cards and exchanged them to two other men in exchange for meth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Prosecutors also said Curtis\u2019 DNA was found on Boyd\u2019s body. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The defense argued that the state didn\u2019t have enough to prove that Curtis killed Boyd. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Attorneys said Curtis had often visited Boyd\u2019s apartment to wash clothes and would occasionally allow him to borrow her credit and debit cards to get money out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Friday\u2019s verdict brings an end to the high-profile case, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2024\/12\/14\/prosecutors-rc-curtis-defense-discuss-evidence-with-judge-in-capital-murder-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2024\/12\/14\/prosecutors-rc-curtis-defense-discuss-evidence-with-judge-in-capital-murder-trial\/\">marked by multiple delays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More recent coverage of the R.C. Curtis retrial on KSAT: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 After more than four hours of deliberating, R.C. 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