Missouri death row inmate executed for killing cousin, her husband

Even the prison guards didn't want it to happen, but Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, made the final decision to execute Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murder of Dorsey's cousin and her husband.

"Brian Dorsey punished his loving family for helping him in a time of need. His cousins invited him into their home where he was surrounded by family and friends, then gave him a place to stay. Dorsey repaid them with cruelty, inhumane violence, and murder," Parson said on April 8.

"The pain Dorsey brought to others can never be rectified, but carrying out Dorsey’s sentence according to Missouri law and the Court’s order will deliver justice and provide closure," the governor added.

Dorsey was convicted and placed on death row in 2008.

He had pleaded guilty to killing his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben Bonnie in central Missouri.

Brian Dorsey "died after a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre at 6.11pm Tuesday night."