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

A South Texas man convicted of murdering three young children he helped raise was executed Thursday evening, nearly 23 years after the killings.John Allen Rubio, 46, of Brownsville, received a lethal injection at a state prison in Huntsville, according to the Associated Press (AP).Rubio was convicted of stabbing and beheading his children, Julissa Quezada, 3, John Esteban Rubio, 1, and Mary Jane Rubio, 2 months old.He was prosecuted alongside his common-law wife, Angela Camacho.Rubio was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m.

local time, 21 minutes after the lethal injection began, The AP said. OKLAHOMA MAN, 73, EXECUTED FOR PLOTTING MURDER OF LOVER'S HUSBAND, OFFERS NO LAST WORDSA fence, barbed wire and a guard are visible at Texas prison on Jan.22, 2025.

John Allen Rubio was executed in Texas on Nov.12, 2026.  (CECILE CLOCHERET/AFP via Getty Images; Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)The execution, scheduled for 6 p.m., proceeded without incident.In his final statement, Rubio thanked his friends and family for their "love and understanding," acknowledged that he was "not the same person I once was" and expressed his love for his wife, according to The AP. "I want to say I’m sorry to my wife’s family," he said.

"I can’t change the past but I can tell you my life is going to be over.But that’s not going to make you happy." "I’m going to be with my kids in a little bit," he added.

"I’m ready to go to heaven to be with my lord and savior."ALABAMA GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE AS DOUBTS EMERGE ABOUT EVIDENCE IN MURDER CONVICTIONJohn Allen Rubio is pictured in an earlier photo.He was convicted of murdering three young children in 2003 and sentenced to death.

(TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE)The execution brought an end to a case dating back to March 11, 2003, when Rubio and Camacho killed their three children inside a windowless apartment, The AP reported.According to court records, Rubio was not the biological father of the two older childre...