Brace yourselves, this may be the most metal story in history.

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it.
Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004. Their hearts also had been ripped out. He was convicted and condemned for the infant’s death.
While in the Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye before his trial later in 2004. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial.
Last month, a death-row officer at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice found Thomas in his cell with blood on his face and took him to the infirmary.
“”Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it,” agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday.
“He will finally be able to receive the mental health care that we had wanted and begged for from day 1,” said Bobbie Peterson-Cate, Thomas’ trial attorney. “He is insane and mentally ill. It is exactly the same reason he pulled out the last one.“

To recap, first he pulled out the hearts of his wife and son.  Then he pulled out one of his eyes and ate it.  Ruled sane, he was convicted and thrown in prison.  Then he pulled out his other eye and ate that.  Hooray for Texas.

At his trial, defense lawyers also argued he suffered from alcohol and drug abuse.

FAIL.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in October upheld his conviction and death sentence for the death of 13-month-old Leyha Marie Hughes. Also killed March 27, 2004, were his wife, Laura Christine Boren, 20, and their son, 4-year-old Andre Lee.
Thomas, from Texoma, walked into the Sherman Police Department and told a dispatcher he had just murdered the three and had stabbed himself in the chest.
Court documents described the three victims as having “large, gaping wounds to their chests.” [Yahoo]

That last line is my favorite.  As if there were any alternative.  “Police say Andre Thomas pulled out the intestines of his still-breathing mother and then ate them while pouring acid into her chest cavity on Thursday.  ‘At least she didn’t suffer,’ said a spokesperson.”

[Thanks to BDarbs for the tip and pic, who adds, "Holy shit they need to turn this into a Jason Statham movie."]