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

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,

ATMORE, Ala. — 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.

Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.

Alabama executed murderer and rapist Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas at 6 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted in the 1991 rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown.

A “vicious” killer and rapist was executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday, becoming the fourth death row inmate in the U.S. to be die by with nitrogen hypoxia.Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, was convicted of the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown.

The state of Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier Thursday, February 6 for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown.Frazier was convicted of raping and shooting

Alabama has carried out the nation’s fourth nitrogen gas execution, putting a man to death for the killing of a woman who was raped and shot during an apartment break-in.

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