http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24903/joh-allen-rubio-to-die-for-butchering-children http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24903/joh-allen-rubio-to-die-for-butchering-children#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:26:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24903 A jury Thursday sentenced a Brownsville man to die for killing and beheading three young children he was raising with their mother.

Rubio and his wife told police they thought the children were possessed and butchered them in an attempt to rid the demons.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24903/joh-allen-rubio-to-die-for-butchering-children/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24894/jury-to-decide-if-john-allen-rubio-will-get-death-in-beheadings http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24894/jury-to-decide-if-john-allen-rubio-will-get-death-in-beheadings#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:14:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24894 A jury that already rejected an insanity defense and convicted a south Texas man of beheading his common-law wife's three children will next decide whether he will get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Rubio said he believed the children were possessed and tried to smother and stab them before ultimately decapitating them. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24894/jury-to-decide-if-john-allen-rubio-will-get-death-in-beheadings/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24893/jury-finds-john-allen-rubio-guilty-of-beheading-children http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24893/jury-finds-john-allen-rubio-guilty-of-beheading-children#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:55:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24893 A South Texas man accused of beheading his common-law wife's three children was found guilty of capital murder Monday at his second trial.

A state appeals court had overturned John Allen Rubio's previous conviction and death sentence in 2007, saying the children's mother had wrongly been allowed to testify. A second jury deliberated for about three hours before convicting him again.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24893/jury-finds-john-allen-rubio-guilty-of-beheading-children/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23616/john-allen-rubio http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23616/john-allen-rubio#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:53:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23616 Rubio, 29, is accused of murdering his three children in Brownsville on March 11, 2003. The children were smothered, stabbed and mutilated, according to investigators.

After Rubio and his wife were arrested, the couple told police they thought Julisa Angela Quezada, 3, John Esthefan Rubio, 1, and Mary Jane, 2 months, were possessed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23616/john-allen-rubio/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11541/mom-gets-life-for-her-kids-decapitation-deaths http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11541/mom-gets-life-for-her-kids-decapitation-deaths#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:50:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11541/mom-gets-life-for-her-kids-decapitation-deaths/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7161/after-children-beheaded-mom-competent-to-stand-trial http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7161/after-children-beheaded-mom-competent-to-stand-trial#comments Fri, 07 May 2004 23:29:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7161 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7161/after-children-beheaded-mom-competent-to-stand-trial/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6238/trial-to-determine-if-camacho-competent http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6238/trial-to-determine-if-camacho-competent#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:44:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=6238 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/6238/trial-to-determine-if-camacho-competent/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4988/john-rubio-sentenced-to-death http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4988/john-rubio-sentenced-to-death#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:47:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4988 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4988/john-rubio-sentenced-to-death/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4970/man-convicted-of-murder-in-children-decapitation-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4970/man-convicted-of-murder-in-children-decapitation-case#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:09:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4970 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4970/man-convicted-of-murder-in-children-decapitation-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4883/rubios-troubled-past-brought-up http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4883/rubios-troubled-past-brought-up#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:05:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4883 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4883/rubios-troubled-past-brought-up/feed 0