Cedric Ricks told the jury at his trial that he wanted to die. On Wednesday night, with a dose of pentobarbital delivered by needles affixed to his arms by clear tape and pumped into his veins, Ricks’ wish was fulfilled.
He took deep, quick agonal breaths and snored as the barbiturate took effect. Ricks gurgled three times.
In 2013, Ricks killed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a Bedford apartment to eliminate them as witnesses in a then-pending assault case in which he was accused of strangling her…