Rusk County man convicted of toddler’s ‘exorcism’ death has been executed
Blaine Keith Milam, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Milam’s last words, according to the director of communications for the Texsa Department of Criminal Justice, were as follows:
I would like to give a special thanks to all of you for showing me kindness, compassion, empathy, love and support and believing in me. Thank you for everything that y’all have done. I would also like to thank the directors of chaplaincy of TDCJ for opening up the faith base program on death row and allowed me to be accepted into it to find Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. And if any of you would like to see me again, I implore all of you no matter who you are to accept Jesus Christ as you Lord and Savior and we will meet again. I love you all, bring me home Jesus.
Milam and his then girlfriend Jessica Carson, were first arrested in 2008 when officers found 13-month-old Amora Carson dead after the couple called 911.
Autopsy reports found that Milam and Carson had bitten and struck the toddler with a hammer during an “exorcism,” believing she was possessed by demons.
Rusk County officials said the couple originally gave police different stories about what had happened, including that the baby had been in a car accident, that dogs had bitten the baby, or that she had hit herself.
Milam was sentenced to death in 2010 after an eight-hour jury deliberation, which followed a 10-hour deliberation for his conviction.
He was set to be executed in 2019 before a judge granted a temporary stay. The execution was rescheduled for January 2021 before being moved again.
At the time of the arrest, Rusk County law enforcement said it was the worst crime scene they had ever seen.
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