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Execution set for Brownsville man in murder of three small children

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

A Brownsville man convicted of killing three children is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening in the first of two Texas death sentences set to be carried out in the next week. John Rubio, 46, was convicted in 2003 for stabbing and beheading three small children: Rubio’s two kids, 2-month old Mary Jane Rubio and…

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Execution set for Brownsville man in murder of three small children

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