Jury deliberations could begin today in Rubio competency trial
March 04, 2010 9:23 PM
By LAURA B. MARTINEZ, The Brownsville Herald
Jury deliberations could begin today in the competency trial of accused child killer John Allen Rubio.
State prosecutors and defense attorneys were expected to finish presenting evidence in the case late Thursday afternoon.
Rubio, 29, is accused of murdering the three children of his common-law wife in Brownsville on March 11, 2003. The children were smothered, stabbed and mutilated, according to Brownsville police investigators. Their decapitated bodies were stuffed inside trash bags.
The competency case is being heard by visiting state District Judge Noe Gonzalez, of Hidalgo County’s 138th District Court.
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