Travis Mullis admitted to the killing in a written and videotaped confession. During his trial, defense attorneys asked jurors to consider a lesser offense for Mullis and focused on his history of mental illness that developed during his early childhood.

Mullis is set to to die by lethal injection about 16 years after he killed 3-month-old Alijah and abandoned his body in a secluded area of Galveston’s Seawall

A Texas man with a history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal his death sentence is facing execution for killing his 3-month-old son