Texas puts to death man who beheaded three children, hours after Oklahoma execution
Summary
Texas executed John Allen Rubio by lethal injection for killing his three young children in Brownsville in 2003. Oklahoma executed James Pavatt the same day for the 2001 murder of Rob Andrew; the two executions brought the U.S. total for the year to 37.Key Facts
- Rubio, 46, was pronounced dead in Huntsville, Texas, 21 minutes after the lethal injection began.
- Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, were convicted in the deaths of three children: Julissa Quesada, John E. Rubio and Mary Jane Rubio.
- Camacho pleaded guilty and received a life sentence.
- An appeals court overturned Rubio’s first capital murder conviction because evidence from Camacho’s statements was improperly admitted; a second jury convicted him and sentenced him to death.
- Defense experts diagnosed Rubio with paranoid schizophrenia, while prosecution experts rejected that diagnosis.
- Oklahoma executed 73-year-old James Pavatt for the fatal shooting of Rob Andrew, a 39-year-old advertising executive.
- Pavatt was having an affair with Brenda Andrew, Rob Andrew’s wife; she was convicted separately and is on Oklahoma’s death row.
- The executions were the 36th and 37th in the United States that year.
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