Green was convicted in 2002 of the abduction, rape and strangling of neighbor Christina Neal, snatched as she walked home on June 21, 2000, according to the Texas attorney general's summary of the case. Investigators became suspicious of Green after they learned he had been burning trash soon after the girl's disappearance. They got a warrant to search his property, discovering a shallow grave and inside the house, tucked behind a chair, Christina's body stuffed inside a bag.
He was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Asked by the warden if he had a statement from the death chamber gurney, Green shook his head and replied: 'No', but seconds later he changed his mind. Green's last statement was: "I'm an innocent man. I did not kill anyone. Y'all are killing an innocent man. My left arm is killing me, it hurts bad." But almost immediately he began snoring loudly. The sounds stopped after about six breaths.