Texas and Oklahoma Carry Out Executions in Separate Murder Cases
The cases stem from separate murders that drew death sentences after prosecutors rejected insanity and innocence claims.
- Texas death row inmate John Allen Rubio is scheduled for execution via lethal injection Thursday at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit for the 2003 murders of his three young children.
- Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, killed their three children in 2003 while claiming they were 'possessed by evil spirits,' according to court filings.
- Defense attorneys filed multiple motions alleging insanity, citing Rubio's history of hallucinations, though mental health experts presented conflicting evidence regarding his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.
- Camacho pleaded guilty to three counts of capital murder in 2005 and is currently serving three consecutive life sentences for her role in the killings.
- During a recent court hearing, the children's aunt confronted Rubio in court, stating, 'We have to remember how he brutally killed them,' as execution approaches.
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