rangercal Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/09/a...-_n_156765.html HOUSTON — A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004. Their hearts also had been ripped out. He was convicted and condemned for the infant's death. While in the Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye before his trial later in 2004. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial. A death-row officer at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice found Thomas in his cell with blood on his face and took him to the infirmary. ""Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday. Thomas was treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler after the Dec. 9 incident. Then he was transferred and remains at the Jester Unit, a prison psychiatric facility near Richmond southwest of Houston. "He will finally be able to receive the mental health care that we had wanted and begged for from day 1," Bobbie Peterson-Cate, Thomas' trial attorney, told the Sherman Herald Democrat. "He is insane and mentally ill. It is exactly the same reason he pulled out the last one." At his trial, defense lawyers also argued he suffered from alcohol and drug abuse. Thomas does not have an execution date. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in October upheld his conviction and death sentence for the death of 13-month-old Leyha Marie Hughes. Also killed March 27, 2004, were his wife, Laura Christine Boren, 20, and their son, 4-year-old Andre Lee. Thomas, from Texoma, walked into the Sherman Police Department and told a dispatcher he had just murdered the three and had stabbed himself in the chest. Thomas told police how he put his victims' hearts in his pocket and left their apartment, took them home, put them in a plastic bag and threw them in the trash. Court documents described the three victims as having "large, gaping wounds to their chests." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Note to self... next time on trial or on death row, pluck out own eye and eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 QUOTE (BearSox @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 07:42 AM) Note to self... next time on trial or on death row, pluck out own eye and eat it. Why? The only way you are going to get what you want is if you pluck BOTH of your eyes out and eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I would rather recieve capital punishment than eat my own eye or any other part of my body for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 That dude looked 15 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 10:41 AM) I would rather recieve capital punishment than eat my own eye or any other part of my body for that matter. ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 rangercal wins the 2009 Soxtalk "Ew!" Award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 How many other states would execute the guy before trying to send him to the nut house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) How many other states would execute the guy before trying to send him to the nut house? Other than Texas, probably just Florida. Yay Florida! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I guess you could say this inmate lacked foresight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 QUOTE (3E8 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 08:17 PM) I guess you could say this inmate lacked foresight zing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yep, we kill them early and often, well everyone except middle class or above white people with decent lawyers. Which is why Texas has such a low murder rate. The death penalty is such a deterrent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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