Child Killer Executed in Texasby Fatherofeight | More from this Blogger 10 Jan 2007 10:33 PM A man was executed tonight by the State of Texas for the 1998 murder of a three year old child. Carlos Granados was the ex-boyfriend of Katherine Jiminez. When her marriage to another man failed, he moved from New York to Texas to live with her. Sometime later, their relationship faltered She had told him to move out of the apartment that they shared. He did not want to leave and a brutal fight ensued. He stabbed her over 25 times with a large butcher knife. He also killed her three year old son with the same weapon. Relatives of Jiminez were worried when they could not contact her and she missed work. They summoned police who forcibly entered the apartment. They found the dead child and his terribly injured mother. Granados was still there. His case had been appealed to the Texas and United States Supreme Courts. All of the appellate courts refused to hear his case. His attorneys alleged on appeal that he had not received adequate representation at trial or on appeal. One of them said that it was sad that the legal system in a supposedly civilized culture had failed Granados. Excuse me, but people do not go after babies with butcher knives in a civilized culture. In response, the local prosecuting attorney said that his case was so open and shut, that there was no real basis for the appeal. He had been found with the victims, one of whom lived to testify against him, with the murder weapon in his hand and their blood all over him. One other item in this case struck me as odd. As Granados was being prepared to pay his penalty, he was allowed to make a statement. He told Jiminez that he had never intended to hurt her. Granados had a violent history which included causing serious injuries to another girlfriend and another young child. He had probably not intended to hurt them either. Jiminez is now remarried and has several children. We can only hope that she has made a better choice concerning her mate. Related Blogs: Legal System Fails Child in Horrible Abuse Case Child Left With Caretaker is Dead The Child Protection System is in Trouble Relevantadoption tags relationships | pregnancy | baby | christmas | Scrapbooking | parenting | family | holidays | children | Food User Comments  Julie Gentry (5915) 10 Jan 2007 11:15 PMYou have to love Texas' judicial system! I can't understand going after the child. What kind of person does that?  Fatherofeight (2475) 11 Jan 2007 07:35 AMJulie, it is a very unfortunate pattern that we see in abuse cases. The mom wants a boyfriend and so she has someone who doesn't love her children staying with her. Then the boyfriend does something horrible to the child. I recently reported on a case where the mom promised the judge that she would not let him come back..When she did, it was not long until the worst happened. I see it again and again and again. Bad moms make the choice of having a man over protecting their children. Fatherofeight (2475) 11 Jan 2007 07:48 AMOh, and I forgot, I don't know how everyone feels about capital punishment, but Texas has a "Don't mess with Texas" slogan concerning littering. We could use it for our criminal law courts also. Here, if you commit the crime, you receive the punishment. "Law and Order" judges get elected, it is what the people want. PATTI (580) 11 Jan 2007 08:27 AMDear Ed, I say if you do the crime then take your punishment. I am so glad Texas does punish crimes; especially against children. PATTI  Linda Hansen (1796) 11 Jan 2007 09:22 AMI also live in Texas. I have a hard time with capital punishment, but not in this case. I would be appalled and sickened if Andrea Yates were given the death penalty, but didn't blink an eye when Grenadas was. Doesn't make since does it? They both are child killers. All I know is, my heart had a "gut" feeling that this man deserved what he got because of his abusive history and his unmerciful slaughtering of that child. Andrea Yates had no prior history of violence. They both suffered from severe mental illness, but Grenadas was chronically violent. I just have to leave it to God to decide; it's all beyond my ability to comprehend. Art Fatherofeight (2475) 11 Jan 2007 12:14 PMWell said, ART. I worked in a prison one of the summers that I was in law school and I worked in prison ministry for a few years. On the other hand, I have been a prosecutor. I agree with you about this guy.  rsbg (501) 11 Jan 2007 01:55 PMI've never understood how a woman can put a man before her children. Never have been able to, never will be able to. But then again, I can remember as a child my Mom telling me that your kids come first, before any man, any friend, any person in life, your kids come first. I am so thankful she did, because that has stuck in my head all my life. I just wish more women were raised that way. Fatherofeight (2475) 11 Jan 2007 03:28 PMWhen I was a prosecutor, women would show up in the office all beat up and bloody, needing a warrant for the man that beat the them, then by court time they would be at the door begging me to let the guy go because he had sweet-talked his way out of it, he didn't mean it, etc. A terrible thing that we see over and over. Community Tags boyfriend kills child, executed, violent history Discuss this article
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