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June 30 (UPI) -- Texas carried out its second execution of the year Wednesday, that of a former Marine convicted of killing his family in 2009. John Hummel, 45, was pronounced dead at 6:49 p.m. at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville.
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A jury convicted him in 2011 of beating with a baseball bat and fatally stabbing his pregnant wife, Joy Hummel, and his father-in-law, Clyde "Eddie" Bedford. He was also accused of beating his 5-year-old daughter, Jodkie Hummel, to death, though he was only convicted of the two adults' deaths.
All three bodies were found in the family's burning house in Kennedale in December 2009.
The prosecution said Hummel, a former Marine, wanted a new life.
Hummel was originally set to be executed in March 2020, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals delayed the process citing the effects of COVID-19 on the judicial system.
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Hummel's attorney, Michael Mowla, didn't plan to file any last-minute appeals to stop Wednesday's execution because he's exhausted all opportunities.
Hummel was the second person put to death in Texas this year and fifth in the United States.
