Texas man executed for beheading 3 children: 'Going to be with my kids'

John Allen Rubio, 46, was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2003 murders of three children he helped raise. Rubio had stabbed and beheaded the children, Julissa Quezada, 3, John Esteban Rubio, 1, and Mary Jane Rubio, 2 months old. In his final statement, Rubio expressed love for his friends and family and stated he was ready to be with his lord and savior.

• John Allen Rubio was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, on Thursday evening.
• He was convicted of murdering three children—Julissa Quezada (3), John Esteban Rubio (1), and Mary Jane Rubio (2 months old)—in 2003.
• Rubio’s defense team cited a troubled childhood and a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, but prosecution experts disputed these findings.
• His common-law wife, Angela Camacho, pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence.
• Rubio’s execution was the second scheduled in the U.S. for Thursday, with another man, James Pavatt, executed in Oklahoma for plotting a murder.