EDINBURG, Texas — A 29-year-old man convicted of beheading his common-law wife's three children did not show remorse after the gruesome killings and was not a model inmate during an earlier stint on death row, prosecution witnesses told jurors Tuesday.

A day after the jury rejected an insanity defense and found John Allen Rubio guilty of four counts of capital murder, prosecutors argued that the only suitable punishment was death.

Brownsville Police officer John Jones drove Rubio from the city jail to the county jail a couple days after Rubio had killed Angela Camacho's children in a windowless downtown apartment. He testified that he was struck by Rubio's demeanor, which he described as "jovial."

Rubio asked Jones whether he thought he would be placed in the jail's general population — a concern for someone accused of heinous crimes against children, Jones said — or get his own cell. Rubio also repeatedly turned around trying catch a glimpse of Camacho, who was in another car behind them. At the jail, Rubio continued trying to make contact with Camacho, smiling and waving at her, Jones said.

"He didn't seem to be the least bit concerned about it," Jones said.

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