Death Row Inmate Tells Guard, “Told You I was Hardcore.”

Andre Thomas killed his ex-wife and his two very small children and for added pleasure, he ripped their hearts out and carried them home in his pocket. And then he got even more hardcore while in prison.

From the AP here by way of Drudge:

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and ate it.

Andre Thomas, 25, stabbed his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004.  He also had been ripped out their hearts. He was convicted and condemned for the infant’s murder.

While in jail awaiting his murder trial, Thomas plucked out his right eye. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial.

Awaiting execution, a death row guard found Thomas in his cell with blood on his face and took him to the infirmary. He had pulled out his other eye and ate it.

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 murdered were his wife, Laura Christine Boren, 20, and their son, 4-year-old Andre Lee.

Thomas confessed that 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.

Of course his lawyers are claiming that he is batshit crazy, and always has been, and should not be executed.  I think they should give the blind bastard a sharp knife and let him just go ahead and off himself.  One thing for sure now-  his death?  He’ll never see it coming.