Huntsville Inmate John Hummel Charged With Slaying Family, Faces Execution

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

June 30, 2021

Texas inmate John Hummel is facing execution after fatally stabbing his pregnant wife, beating his 5-year-old daughter to death and killing his father-in-law more than a decade ago.

Authorities Hummel stabbed Joy Hummel more than thirty times in December 2009, then used a baseball bat to beat to death his 5-year-old daughter, Jodi, and his father-in-law, Clyde Bedford, who used a wheelchair. He then set their suburban Fort Worth home on fire. Prosecutors said Hummel killed his family so he could entice a woman he had met at a convenience store.

Hummel was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of his wife and father-in-law.

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