Christopher Chubasco Wilkins

Christopher Chubasco Wilkins (September 29, 1968 – January 11, 2017) was a Texas spree killer who was sentenced to death and executed for a 2005 double murder.

Murders In October 2005, Wilkins was offered crack cocaine by 40-year-old Willie Freeman, a local drug dealer. However, Freeman instead gave Wilkins a piece of gravel for $20. When Wilkins discovered the ruse, Freeman and his supplier, 33-year-old Mike Silva, started laughing at him. Over the next few weeks, however, Wilkins and Freeman used drugs together. Freeman eventually apologized for tricking Wilkins and gave him actual drugs to make up for it. Wilkins later said that by then, he had already decided he was going to kill Freeman.

About a week earlier, Wilkins used a stolen Ford Explorer that he had taken days prior from a home burglary and picked up a prostitute. Wilkins had switched the plates to a similar make and model vehicle. The prostitute became nervous soon after Wilkins picked her up after running over several individuals on East Lancaster Ave. The behavior prompted the prostitute to solicit Wilkins to stop at a nearby convenience store, where she contacted 911. Fort Worth Police Officer J. Parsons and Sgt. Weber responded, and a high speed chase ensued into Haltom City. After Wilkins wrecked out and fled on foot, he was apprehended after shouting to police to kill him. Wilkins had methamphetamine and stolen property inside the vehicle.

Trial On October 28, 2005, Wilkins was arrested and charged with the murders of Freeman and Silva; he later also confessed to murdering Vallejo. While in jail awaiting trial, Wilkins, plotting an escape, swallowed a handcuff key and made a makeshift knife. He was found guilty of capital murder, and sentenced to death on March 12, 2008, after only 90 minutes of deliberation by the jury. When asked by his defense lawyer if he wanted to die, Wilkins said: "I guess, subconsciously, I've been trying to get myself killed since I was 12 or 13 years old. I don't have nothing to live for. I haven't been any good to anybody for the last 20 years and I won't be for the next 20 or the 20 after that."

Execution Wilkins was initially scheduled to be executed on October 28, 2015 (which, coincidentally, was the 10th anniversary of his arrest). His execution was stayed and later rescheduled to January 11, 2017. Wilkins was executed by lethal injection on January 11, 2017, at 6:29 p.m. He was 48 years old. Wilkins had no last words but mouthed that he was sorry to the relatives of his victims.