Brian Dorsey, 52, died by lethal injection on Tuesday evening in Missouri (Pictures: AP/Getty Images)
A death row inmate ate a massive meal and apologized to his family for murdering his cousin and her husband before receiving a lethal injection.
Seven hours before his execution, Brian Dorsey, 52, had his final meal of two bacon double cheeseburgers, two chicken strips orders, two large fries and a pizzatopped with pepperoni, sausage, onion, mushrooms and extra cheese, stated the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Dorsey in his final statement on Tuesday morning said: ‘To all of the family and loved ones I share with Sarah and to all of the surviving family and loved ones of Ben, I am totally, deeply, overwhelmingly sorry.
‘Words cannot hold the just weight of my guilt and shame. I still love you. I never wanted to hurt anyone. I am sorry I hurt them and you.’
Sarah (right) and Ben Bonnie (left) were killed by Brian Dorsey in 2006 (Picture: Find a Grave)
The US Supreme Court denied two separate appeals by Dorsey, who killed Sarah and Ben Bonnie in their home in central Missouri a couple days before Christmas 2006. The couples four-year-old daughter was left home alone.
Dorsey took several deep breaths as the drug was administered, then a few fast and shallow breaths. He raised his head from the pillow and blinked hard at one moment. He was pronounced dead at 6.11pm.
Concerns had been raised before Dorsey’s execution that the team giving the lethal injection would not be able to find a vein due to his obesity, diabetes and history as an IV user. There were discussions that it might involve an additional invasive ‘cut down’ procedure akin to a surgery.
But ultimately there were no complications in the procedure.
Dorsey had asked the Bonnies to led him money to pay off two drug dealers in his apartment. He took a gun from a garage and shot the couple dead the same night.
Prosecutors also said that Dorsey assaulted his cousin’s dead body.
Dorsey proceeded to steal items from the couple’s home to pay off the drug dealers.
Sarah’s parents found the couple’s daughter watching TV and saying that her mother ‘won’t wake up’.
The couple had been married for just a year.
Dorsey turned himself in to authorities three days after the killings and was imprisoned for 18 years.
He was ‘trying to make up for the single act of violence’, according to his attorneys.
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