Man who killed cousin, her husband as daughter slept executed in Missouri despite calls to spare his life

Brian Dorsey (Photo Jeremy Weis, Potosi Correctional Center)

Brian Dorsey (Photo Jeremy Weis, Potosi Correctional Center)

A convicted murderer sentenced to death in Missouri for killing his cousin and her husband as their 4-year-old daughter slept in another was executed on Tuesday despite a groundswell of support, including by corrections officers, to try to save his life.

Brian Dorsey, 52, was executed at 6:11 p.m. at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre for the shooting deaths of his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben Bonnie in December 2006, officials said in a news release, CNN reported.

In a statement through his attorneys, Dorsey apologized.

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