Texas executes John Allen Rubio for murdering 3 children

Texas executed John Allen Rubio by lethal injection Thursday evening at a state prison in Huntsville, nearly 23 years after he murdered three children in Brownsville. Rubio, 46, was convicted of stabbing and beheading the children, aged three years, one year and two months. He was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m., according to the Associated Press. In his final statement, he expressed love for his wife and apologized to her family.