James Eugene Bigby was executed by the state of Texas tonight for a
horrific double murder committed in 1991. The former auto mechanic killed a
father and the man’s infant son on Christmas Eve, then later killed two more
men that same evening. Bigby believed the men were conspiring against him in a
pending legal case related to workman’s compensation.
During his murder trial, Bigby’s lawyers claimed the man was a paranoid
schizophrenic and introduced evidence that Bigby was raised by an alcoholic
mother who breast-fed Bibgy until he was seven years old. Bigby got agitated
during the trial, managed to grab a loaded gun from behind the judge’s bench,
and threatened the judge with it. He was wrestled to the ground by the judge
and two other men, and the trial commenced.
Bigby spent the day of his execution sobbing in apparent remorse for
his crimes.
Because Texas no longer allows special last meal requests, Bigby was
served the same food as others in his unit. For his last meal, James Bigby had pepper
steak, steamed rice, brown gravy, carrots, green beans, oven-fried potatoes,
sliced bread, and pineapples, with a choice of tea, water, or punch to drink.
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