Eat This, Not That
Death row inmate treated after goughing eye, then eating it.
Friday, Jan 9, 2009 | Updated 6:30 PM CST
AP
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A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems gouged out his only good eye.
Andre Thomas told officers that he ate it.
The 25-year-old inmate was on death row for the fatal stabbing of his 13-month-old daughter, Leyha Marie Hughes.
He was also accused of fatally stabbing his 20-year-old estranged wife Laura Christine Boren and their 4-year-old son Andre Lee in March 2004, then ripping out the hearts of all three.
Thomas was treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler after the December 9 incident.
Then he was transferred and remains at a prison psychiatric facility near Houston.
Posted Friday, Jan 9, 2009 - 6:30 PM CST
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