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From family visits to a final meal: John Allen Rubio's day before execution

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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has outlined the process leading up to John Allen Rubio's execution. Rubio's fate was determined by a jury after he was sentenced to death for decapitating his three children in their Brownsville home back in 2003.

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  1. Valley Central

    John Allen Rubio's last 24 hours before execution (opens Valley Central)

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    HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In less than 24 hours, John Allen Rubio will be executed for the brutal murder of his three children. It has been 23 years since the killings of the three children in that old Brownsville apartment, a crime that's haunted the community for decades.

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    From family visits to a final meal: John Allen Rubio's day before execution (opens Valley Central)

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    HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has outlined the process leading up to John Allen Rubio's execution. Rubio's fate was determined by a jury after he was sentenced to death for decapitating his three children in their Brownsville home back in 2003.

  3. Texas Tribune

    Execution set for Brownsville man in murder of three small children (opens Texas Tribune)

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    John Rubio is scheduled to become the eighth death row inmate to be executed this year in Texas.

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