A Texas man who killed two brothers at their home in 1991 was executed Tuesday.
Rick Allan Rhoades, 57, died by lethal injection at the state’s execution facility in Huntsville. He declined to give a statement before he was killed.
The Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal by Rhoades’ lawyers, who tried various appeals throughout the three-decade legal process that eventually led to Rhoades’ execution.
On Sept. 13, 1991 — the day after he was released on parole for a different crime — Rhoades entered the home of Charles Allen, 31, and his brother Bradley, 33, in the Houston suburb of Pasadena. Rhoades killed Charles first. Bradley came to his brother’s defense, but Rhoades killed him, too.
He was captured about a month later attempting to break into a school. Rhoades confessed to killing the Allens while cops were interviewing him, saying that the murders were bothering him and he was tired of running, the Texas Tribune reported.
Rhoades had a lengthy criminal history and spent five years in prison for burglary and auto theft before he was released Sept. 12, 1991. He was convicted of double murder and given the death penalty in 1992.
Rhoades was the third person executed in Texas this year, following Quintin Jones in May and John Hummel in June.
