Texas man convicted in beheading of 3 children is put to death

John Allen Rubio, 46, was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. Rubio had been convicted of fatally stabbing and beheading three young children in Brownsville in 2003. In his final statement, he apologized to his wife’s family and said he was ready to go to heaven.