John Allen Rubio executed for killing his three children in Brownsville
Huntsville, TX (KRGV) — Twenty-three years after killing and beheading his three children in Brownsville, John Allen Rubio was executed in Huntsville.
Rubio, 46, was convicted twice of killing his three children in 2003. Julissa was 3, John was 14 months old, and Mary Jane was 2 months old when Rubio beheaded them.
‘Every day I miss them:’ John Allen Rubio expresses remorse for beheading his three children
Records show the two older children were not Rubio's biological children.
According to a timeline, Rubio was taken from his holding cell at 6:04 p.m., strapped to the gurney at 6:05 p.m., his last statement was taken at 6:24 p.m., and the lethal injection started at 6:26 p.m.
Rubio was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. His last statement is available in full below:
"I would like to thank my friends and family that have been there for me for years. Thank you for giving me your love, your understanding, and everything you have shown me. I know I don’t deserve to be loved by anybody, but you have shown me the love of God through all of it, thank you. I want to thank the administration for having the faith based section that has helped me get to know God, the forgiveness of God, that anyone can be forgiven by God no matter what they have done, because that is the kind of God that we serve and have. I have grown to know him through the classes that I took, I’m not the same person I once was I am no longer naïve of the things that the world thinks are right or wrong, I know what God desired for me and I have tried to live in that way. I want to say sorry to the families, my wife’s family I wish I could spare you this, I’m sorry this had to happen, it didn’t have to happen, but it did. I can’t change the past, but I can tell you my life is going to be gone, and I’m, going to be with God, but that’s not going to make you happy. I just hope that you can get to know the love of God, that forgives everything no matter what. Give my love to Angela, I still love her very much. I will be with our kids in heaven in a little bit and I hope you can forgive me. That’s it Warden."
Investigators said Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, killed the children because they couldn't support them financially. Since his arrest, Rubio has said the children were decapitated because he believed they were possessed by his dead grandmother.
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Camacho is serving life in prison after pleading guilty to the deaths.
Rubio is now the 14th person from the Rio Grande Valley to be executed, and the seventh execution in Texas this year.
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