HOUSTON—A Texas inmate faces execution on Wednesday after killing his pregnant wife, five-year-old daughter, and father-in-law more than a decade ago in what prosecutors called a brutal and senseless attack.
Authorities say John Hummel stabbed his wife, Joy Hummel, more than 30 times in December 2009. He then used a baseball bat to beat to death his daughter, Jodi Hummel, and his 57-year-old father-in-law, Clyde Bedford, who used a wheelchair. He then set their home on fire in Kennedale, a Fort Worth suburb.
