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

Travis James Mullis was sentenced to death in 2011 for killing his 3-month-old son in Galveston. He is set to become the fourth person executed in Texas this year.

A Texas man with a history of mental illness was executed for the murder of his 3-month-old son in 2008. Despite having the right to appeal his sentence, he repeatedly waived those rights and refused clemency.

Baby Alijah's family never got the chance to see him grow up after he died at the hands of his father. Now Travis James Mullis is set to be executed.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man with a long history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal his death sentence faced execution Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago.

By the end of this week, five men across the United States will have died from execution. Texas leads all-time death penalty numbers.

Travis James Mullis, 37, is set to be executed Tuesday for killing his 3-month-old son, who was molested, stomped to death and abandoned at Galveston’s Seawall.

Travis Mullis in 2011 was convicted by a Galveston County Jury of charges that he stomped his baby boy, Alijah, to death on the Galveston seawall.

Travis Mullis, 38, was condemned for sexually assaulting his son Alijah before stomping on his head and leaving his body at the roadside in January 2008