On August 15, 1996, in San Antonio, Bartee murdered 37-year-old David Cook by using a nine-millimeter pistol to fatally shoot Cook in the head and neck. Bartee then took Cook's motorcycle and fled the scene.

Cook's injuries included being shot twice in the back of the head, knifed in the back and his throat had been cut.

Investigators said Bartee tried to hire someone to kill Cook on the night before he was murdered.

He also told people that the Cook's motorcycle was his.

During police interviews, Bartee said he was working in Cook's garage and fled in fear on Cook's motorcycle after hearing gun shots.

Bartee was on parole for two counts of aggravated rape when he committed the murders.

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice