An man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in Alabama in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas.

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at gunpoint, and killing her.

Frazier spent his final hours visiting with his mother, sister and attorneys. He requested a final meal from Taco Bell, including burritos and a Mountain Dew. What Were Demetrius

The state of Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier by nitrogen gas Thursday evening for the rape and murder of Pauline Brown in Birmingham in 1991. Frazier, 52, the fourth person the state has executed by nitrogen gas,

Alabama executed a man on Thursday who was convicted in the 1991 rape, robbery and murder of a Birmingham woman, becoming the fourth person put to death by nitrogen gas.

Demetrius Terrance Frazier was the fourth person executed in the United States using nitrogen hypoxia, which involves replacing breathable air with pure nitrogen gas