Death Row killer who brutally stomped baby son to death utters surprising final words as he's executed

Travis Mullis was executed by lethal injection connected Tuesday for the execution of his three-month-old son, who helium sexually assaulted earlier stomping to decease successful 2005

A Death Row slayer antheral who brutally stomped his three-month-old baby son to decease uttered immoderate astonishing last words arsenic helium was executed.

Travis Mullis, 38, was executed connected Tuesday for the murder of his three-month-old lad 16 years ago. The execution was carried retired via lethal injection aft Mullis waived his close to entreaty his decease sentence.

This execution is 1 of 5 scheduled successful the US wrong a seven-day period. Mullis was declared dormant astatine 7.01 p.m. astatine a authorities penitentiary successful Huntsville, Texas, arsenic confirmed by the Texas Department of Corrections. The Texan's past words were utilized to explicit gratitude towards those who had supported him

"I'd similar to convey everyone ... that accepted maine for the antheral I became during my champion and worst moments," Mullis said, portion strapped to the death chamber gurney.

In his last words, Mullis besides thanked situation unit and officials for "changes made crossed the system" that allowed "even the men connected decease enactment to amusement it is imaginable to beryllium rehabilitated and not deemed a menace and not the men we were erstwhile we came into this system."

He further stated that helium did not regret hastening his execution process by waiving his close to appeal. However, helium expressed remorse for sidesplitting his lad and apologised to his son's mother, reports the Mirror US. He ended by stating helium bore nary resentment towards those executing him and said: "It was my determination that enactment maine here."

In 2008, aft a disagreement with his girlfriend, a antheral named Mullis drove from Brazoria County to Galveston, Texas. The past 21 twelvemonth aged parked his car and horrifically carried retired a intersexual battle connected his son, prompting inconsolable crying from the child.

Mullis proceeded to strangle his lad and past dragged him retired of the vehicle, brutally stomping him to decease successful the parking lot. The small boy's assemblage was discovered astatine the roadside aft Mullis had fled Texas.

He was yet located successful Philadelphia and handed himself implicit to constabulary without immoderate trouble, according to officials.

On the sombre enactment of superior punishment, Marcellus Williams uttered his past 8 words maintaining innocence close earlier being enactment to death.

The authorities of Texas saw different decease enactment execution arsenic slayer Marcellus Williams faced lethal injection for the execution of a pistillate successful 1998, contempt pleas from her family.

Ahead of Mullis' execution connected Tuesday, his ineligible squad were preparing for eleventh-hour appeals to effort to halt the execution. His lawyer Shawn Nolan issued a connection connected Tuesday, asserting that Texas would beryllium executing a "redeemed man", stating Mullis has consistently accepted work for sidesplitting his son.

The lethal injection was delayed by astir 20 minutes arsenic technicians struggled to find a suitable vein for the IV. This marked the 4th execution carried retired by Texas this year, with Mullis' execution being 1 of 2 taking spot successful the region arsenic Missouri executed convicted murderer Marcellus Williams connected Tuesday pursuing the US Supreme Court's denial of his appeal.

Two much executions are slated for this week successful Oklahoma and Alabama. South Carolina executed Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, formerly known arsenic Freddie Owens, connected Friday.