The State of Texas carried out the execution of Travis Mullis, 38, Tuesday evening in Huntsville. Mullis gave a final statement saying he was sorry for murdering his son and referring to his execution as a form of “assisted suicide.”

Death row inmates in five separate states were set to be put to death in the span of one week.

A Texas man who waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been executed for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago.

Sixteen years after the body of an infant was found along Seawall Blvd. in Galveston, the father of the child is scheduled for execution in Huntsville.