Pauline Brown was described as a family-oriented woman and hard worker. She was raped and killed by Demetrius Frazier on Nov. 26, 1991.

Prosecutors said on Nov. 27, 1991, that Frazier, then 19, broke into Brown’s apartment through a window while she was asleep. Prosecutors said he demanded money and raped Brown at gunpoint after she gave him $80 from her purse. He then shot her in the head. He later returned to the apartment to have a snack and look for money, prosecutors said.

A serial rapist and murderer is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama, the fourth use of the controversial execution method in the southern state.

The execution is set for 6:00 pm Central Time (0000 GMT) at a prison in Atmore, Alabama. The process will involve pumping nitrogen gas into a facemask, leading to suffocation. Alabama has already carried out three executions by this method last year.

Demetrius Frazier, convicted of murder, faces execution in Alabama, using nitrogen gas, despite pleas from his mother and advocates.

WASHINGTON: A serial rapist and murderer is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, the fourth use of the controversial execution method in the southern US state. Demetrius Frazier,