January 30

Texas Executes Man Who Killed Wife

By JUAN A. LOZANO

HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - A man who killed his wife and stepson by repeatedly stabbing them in 1992 was executed by injection Wednesday night. 

``I just want to let everyone know this here is a tragedy,'' Windell Broussard, 41, told those witnessing his execution. ``What happened to Dianna, what happened to Corey, what's happening to me, it's a tragedy.''

Broussard fatally stabbed his wife, Dianna, 28, and her 10-year-old son, Corey Harris, at their home in Port Arthur. Her daughter, Toccara Harris, 9, was seriously wounded.

The girl identified Broussard as the knife-wielding intruder who came into their home as they slept.

Broussard, in an interview last week, acknowledged he and his wife were having marital problems and that he was living elsewhere but denied any involvement in the slayings.

``I've always, from the very beginning, said I didn't do it,'' he said. ``Why feel sorry for something you didn't do?''

Broussard was on parole for a robbery conviction at the time of the slayings in April 1992. He also had served time in prison for kidnapping.

Prosecutors at his trial argued that the convictions showed Broussard was a continued threat for violence.

Broussard was the third inmate executed in Texas this year.