Man who beheaded three children is executed as US puts two inmates to death

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John Allen Rubio was killed by lethal injection yesterday (Picture: AP) The two latest death row executions to be carried out in the US have taken place within hours of each…

The two latest death row executions to be carried out in the US have taken place within hours of each other.

A killer convicted of beheading three young children and a man who shot his girlfriend’s ex-husband were both put to death yesterday.

The first of these was carried out in Oklahoma as James Pavatt, 73, was executed by lethal injection for the killing of Rob Andrew, 39, in 2001.

Pavatt, who was pronounced dead at 10.12am local time, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the crime.

According to NBC he did not offer any last words, although appeared to mouth something inaudible as a chaplain read from the Bible.

Rob Andrew, an advertising executive, was fatally shot in the garage of the home he shared with his estranged wife Brenda Andrew, as he collected their two young children before Thanksgiving.

Pavatt, who attended the same church as the Andrew family, was having an affair with Brenda, with prosecutors arguing that the pair had plotted Rob’s death.

Rob had told police weeks earlier that someone was trying to kill him, after the brake lines on his car were cut.

Brenda and Pavatt fled to Mexico with her two children after the shooting, and were arrested as they attempted to return to the US three months later.

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