JUST IN: Executed for Killing 13-Month-Old Baby – Blaine Milam | Final Meal & Last Words
Just one hour ago in Texas, Blaine Keith Milam was executed for an atrocious crime against a 13-month-old baby. Karma caught up with him 17 years later, and according to reports, he suffered agonizingly during his execution. Stay tuned to this video to analyze the full case, learn the details of his trial, and hear his final words before dying.
In December 2008, at the age of 18, Blaine Keith Milam committed one of the most brutal crimes in Texas history against a 13-month-old girl. The victim was Amora Bane Carson, the daughter of his girlfriend, Jessica Carson. In a trailer located in Rusk County, East Texas on December 2nd, 2008, around 10:30 a.m., Blaine Keith Milam called 911 to report that he had found the baby dead.
December 2, 2008 – 16:48:15 Dispatcher: Rescuing 911. Yes. Milam: My name is Milam, and uh, my daughter, I just found her dead. Dispatcher: How old is your daughter? Milam: 13 months. Dispatcher: 13 months old. Milam: Okay. Dispatcher: Let me connect you with the ambulance service. Okay.
Initially, Milam and Carson, who was also 18 at the time, gave conflicting statements to the police about what had happened. First, they claimed they had left the house and found the child injured. Then, they said she had eaten insulation from the walls. And finally, they alleged they had performed an exorcism on her because she was possessed by a demon.
According to court records, Amora Carson’s torture lasted approximately 30 hours. Prosecutors alleged that Milam brutally beat the girl with a hammer, as well as bit, strangled, and mutilated her during this prolonged period. The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy found that the child had multiple skull fractures along with broken arms, legs, and ribs, as well as numerous human bite marks.
The physical evidence at the crime scene was overwhelming. A search of Milam’s trailer revealed blood splatter consistent with blunt force trauma, blood-stained bedding and baby clothes, diapers and wipes with blood, a tube of Astroglide lubricant, and a pair of jeans with blood on the lap. DNA testing confirmed that the blood on these items belonged to Amora.
Days after the murder, Milam’s sister visited him in jail and that night told their aunt that she needed to go to Milam’s trailer because he had instructed her to remove evidence from underneath it. The aunt called the police, who immediately obtained a search warrant.
During a search under the trailer, they found a pipe key inside a clear plastic bag that had been pushed through a hole in the main bathroom floor. Forensic analysis revealed traces of Astroglide on the pipe key, on Amora’s diaper, and on the diapers and wipes collected from the trailer.
The medical examiner described Amora’s injuries as the most brutal case he had ever seen in his career. The child had been severely beaten, strangled, sexually mutilated, and had 24 human bite marks covering her entire body. The pathologist testified at trial that he could not determine a specific cause of death because the child had so many potentially fatal injuries.
Milam also confessed to a nurse after his arrest. According to records, Carson later told investigators that Milam had told her Amora was possessed by a demon because God was tired of her lying to Milam.
The case received so much attention that the trial had to be moved 140 miles south to Montgomery County to ensure a fair process. Milam was tried separately from Jessica Carson and on June 11th, 2010, at age 20, was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death. Carson, although the child’s biological mother, was considered an accomplice and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
During the trial, Milam’s defense presented evidence of intellectual disability, which under Atkins v. Virginia would make him ineligible for the death penalty. However, the jury rejected this claim. Milam had only completed up to the fourth grade and had no prior criminal record. Milam received two execution stays in 2019 and 2021 while his appeals were resolved, but all were denied after he was declared mentally competent for execution.
Finally, on September 25th, 2025, Blaine Keith Milam was executed at the Huntsville State Penitentiary by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:45 p.m.
Interestingly, according to reports, Milam did have a special last meal, even though Texas normally only allows the standard prison menu. His final meal consisted of a cheeseburger, baked fries, green beans, pinto beans, sandwich bread, scrambled eggs, homemade gravy, a sausage burger, pears, cookies, tea, and water.
Tied to the gurney, he was asked if he wanted to say any last words. Milam responded yes and spoke aloud from the death chamber:
“If any of you wish to see me again, I implore you all, no matter who you are, to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and we will meet again. I love you all. Take me home, Jesus.”
He also left a written statement which would serve as his true final words:
“I want to especially thank everyone for their kindness, compassion, empathy, love, support, and for believing in me. Thank you for everything you have done. I also want to thank the TDCJ chaplaincy directors for opening the faith program on death row and allowing me to be accepted to find Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.”
While this was happening, his lawyers filed a last-minute appeal in an attempt to save him. However, the Supreme Court did not block his execution. According to reports, after the lethal injection was administered, Milam moved backward and complained for approximately 15 minutes until he was pronounced dead by the prison doctor.
Interview Excerpt:
Interviewer: She was a great little girl.
Interviewee: She was beautiful. She… she was beautiful. Wasn’t walking yet, but she, she was beautiful. Uh, her first words were daddy. Uh, she…
Interviewer: And you were not even the biological father, but you were daddy for her.
Interviewee: Yes, sir.
Interviewer: That was the first thing she ever said.
Interviewee: Yes, sir.
Interviewer: Can you still see her face when she said that?
Interviewee: Yes, sir. She… I miss her. That, there ain’t nothing I can do. You still…
Interviewer: And you loved her.
Interviewee: I loved her and just… that was a joke. Look at mom. I mean, you don’t know the, the, how it happened. It, it, they wouldn’t let it into trial, but she thought she was possessed by a demon in case you didn’t know.
Interviewer: She at all… How, how is it possible that such an angelic little girl, a toddler, is being possessed by Satan, by demons? How, how does, how do you know? How does it happen?
Interviewee: Jessica thought the cat was possessed by the demon. I don’t know how it happens.
