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SAN DIEGO - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Glossbrenner Unit in Duval County currently has a total of 61 inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 and four TDCJ employees. The prison has a total of 377 inmates in medical isolation to reduce the spread of the virus. The TDCJ will do random surveillance testing and a larger than normal percentage was recorded after the site testing at the Glossbrenner Unit. The week of July 26 a mass COVID-19 testing was conducted confirming 61 cases. All 61 cases at the prison are asymptomatic, according to Jeremy Desel, TDCJ media spokesperson.
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Texas inmate executed for killing wife, father-in-law in Kennedale in 2009
John Hummel was the second inmate executed this year in Texas and the fifth in the U.S.
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By Wire Services
9:39 PM on Jun 30, 2021 CDT
HUNTSVILLE A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for an attack that killed his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law more than a decade ago.
John Hummel received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the December 2009 killings.
Authorities say Hummel stabbed his wife, Joy Hummel, more than 30 times, 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.
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