Texas man who killed boy, drank his blood executed

Pablo Vasquez, a Texas man who killed a
12-year-old boy in 1998 and reportedly drank his
blood after a satanic calling, was executed
Wednesday, the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice announced.
"I am sorry to David's family. This is only way that I
can be forgiven. You got your justice right here,"
Vasquez said.
Vasquez, 38, had appealed his execution, but a stay
was denied and he was put to death at 6:35 p.m.
Vasquez was convicted of killing 12-year-old David
Cardenas in Donna, Texas, 18 years ago. Authorities
said Vasquez and his cousin met the boy at a party.
On the night of April 18, 1998, "Vasquez struck the
victim in the head with a piece of pipe and a shovel,"
the Department of Criminal Justice said. "The
victim's body was buried behind a residence. ...
Vasquez took a ring and a necklace from the victim."
When the boy's' body was found, "he was missing
one of his arms and part of the other, had no skin on
his back, and had a hole in the back of his head,"
court documents state .
Vasquez "admitted to hitting Cardenas in the head
with a pipe and cutting his throat," the U.S. 5th
Circuit Court of Appeals said. "He also stated that he
and an accomplice dragged Cardenas's body to a
field for burial."
Vasquez told police in a videotaped interview that he
drank the boy's blood, according to The Monitor
newspaper in South Texas.
"The blood was dripping, and (I) got it all over my
face, so I don't know. I mean, something just told
me drink," Vasquez said, according to a transcript of
the statement.
Vasquez said he tried to cut off the boy's head,
according to The Monitor. A detective asked
Vasquez why.
"The devil was telling me to take it away from, to
keep it, keep it, couldn't come off," Vasquez said. "I
was just freaking out cause I was hearing that."
The execution is Texas' sixth of the year.