US EditionTexas man facing execution for fatally beating 13-month-old girl during ‘exorcism’
Blaine Milam faces execution after multiple appeals citing intellectual disability and disputed forensic evidence failed to halt his 2008 conviction for a violent child murder.
- A Texas man, Blaine Milam, is facing execution for murdering his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter, Amora Carson, during a brutal 30-hour 'exorcism.'
- Milam was convicted for brutally beating and mutilating Amora, which resulted in multiple skull fractures and broken bones.
- His execution has faced delays, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the sentence, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied his clemency request.
- While Milam claims his innocence and blames his then-girlfriend, Jesseca Carson, for the crime, evidence including a confession has been cited against him.
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Texas man set to be executed for 2008 ‘exorcism’ death of 13-month-old girl
A Texas man was set to be executed Thursday in the 2008 death of his then-fiancée’s 13-month-old daughter in a supposed exorcism. Blaine Milam, 35, was 18 when he and his partner Jesseca Carson called 911 regarding her daughter, Amora. Police arrived to find the toddler’s mutilated body beaten with a hammer and covered in bite marks, with signs of sexual assault and strangulation, the most gruesome crime scene they said they’d ever witnessed. An…
A Texas man faces execution on Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter during a torture that the couple said was part of an “exorcism” to drive a demon out of the girl’s body. Blaine Milam, 35, was convicted of the murder of Amora Carson in December 2008 at her motor home in Rusk County in eastern Texas. Milam was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday night at Huntsville State Penitentiary. Almost at the same time …
US Man Faces Execution For Murder of 13-Month-Old In Alleged 'Exorcism'
A Texas man faces execution Thursday for killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter during a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an "exorcism" to expel a demon from the child's body.
Texas man to be executed for 'exorcism' murder of girlfriend's toddler daughter
A Texas man is facing execution on Thursday for murdering his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter during what prosecutors called a brutal, 30-hour "exorcism."Blaine Milam, 35, was convicted in the murder of Amora Carson in December 2008 when he attempted to expel a demon from the child’s body in his trailer located in Rusk County, east of Dallas, according to The Associated Press.Prosecutors said Milam savagely beat the toddler with a hammer, and…
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