Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006
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Brian Dorsey's execution was the first in Missouri this year after four in 2023, and it came hours after the Supreme Court rejected his final appeals.
A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed.
Brian Dorsey, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. after a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Karen Pojmann, communications director for the Missouri Department of Corrections, said in an email. It was the first execution in Missouri this year after four in 2023, and it came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the inmate’s final appeals.
Dorsey took a few deep breaths as the drug was injected, then several shallow, quick breaths. At one point he raised his head from the pillow and blinked hard. After several seconds, all movement stopped. A spiritual adviser seated next to the gurney continued to speak. It was unclear what he was saying — the room is soundproof.
Dorsey, in a final statement, expressed remorse and sorrow for the killings.
“Words cannot hold the just weight of my guilt and shame,” Dorsey said in the written statement.
