Texas man executed for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her son

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and witnessed the execution.

Cedric Ricks, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. following a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

He was co…