Texas Man Executed for 2005 Murders of Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend and Her Son

A Texas inmate who murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday after his appeals over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs were rejected.
Stephen Barbee, 55, was pronounced dead at 7:35 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was the fifth Texas inmate to be executed this year.
Barbee was sentenced to death for the murders of Lisa Underwood, 34, and her son Jayden. Both of the victims were suffocated at their Fort Worth, Texas, home and were later found buried in a shallow grave in nearby Denton County….