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Woman guilty of beheading children

After entering plea, she faces three life sentences, deportation
08:14 PM CDT on Thursday, June 30, 2005
Associated Press

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A woman pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the beheadings of her three young children and was spared the death penalty in a deal with prosecutors.

Angela Camacho, 25, will receive three concurrent life prison sentences and will be eligible for parole in 40 years.

She and her common-law husband, 24-year-old John Allen Rubio, were accused of strangling and decapitating Julissa Quezada, 3; John Esthefan Rubio, 1; and Mary Jane Rubio, 2 months, in 2003. They said they thought the children were possessed.

Mr. Rubio was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to death after he requested that sentence. He has since decided to fight it, and in February he was found competent to choose his attorney for the appeal.

According to evidence during Mr. Rubio's trial, he had inhaled so much spray paint that he had damaged his brain and might have been psychotic.

Alberto Pullen, one of Ms. Camacho's attorneys, said she would face deportation after she serves her sentence. She is a Mexican citizen.

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