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An Alabama death row inmate was executed Feb. 6 by nitrogen hypoxia at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, just outside Atmore, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Public Information Officer Kelly Betts said in a release that Demetrius T. Frazier, was executed by nitrogen hypoxia, and pronounced deceased by a physician at 6:36 p.m.

Betts said Frazier had two visitors and one phone call on Feb. 5; and had seven visitors, one phone call, refused his three meals, but requested a final meal of burritos, chicken chalupa, tacos, chips and dip and a Mountain Dew on Feb. 6.

Frazier was sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Pauline Brown in Jefferson County.

“In Alabama, we enforce the law. You don’t come to our state and mess with our citizens and get away with it,” Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement. “Rapists and murderers are not welcome on our streets, and tonight, justice was carried out for Pauline Brown and her loved ones. I pray for her family that all these years later, they can continue healing and have assurance that Demetrius Frazier cannot harm anyone else.”

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said for more than three decades, the family of Brown has waited for justice.

“Tonight (Feb. 6), that wait is over,” Marshall said in a statement. “Demetrius Frazier was a monster who brutally took the lives of two innocent women, and left behind a trail of unspeakable violence. For the crimes he committed in Alabama, he was fairly and appropriately punished. While nothing can erase the agony he inflicted, I pray that this brings closure to those who loved Pauline and have endured the painfully slow wheels of justice for so many years.”

The Federal Defender Program of the Middle District of Alabama also released a statement after the execution occurred.

“Tonight, we grieve the loss of Demetrius Frazier, the loss and pain of his family, and the loss and pain endured by the family of Ms. Pauline Brown. Mr. Frazier was a client of this office for many years. He was 19 years old when he killed Ms. Brown, the crime for which Alabama executed him tonight. He grew up poor, with no positive male role models, at a time of unprecedented violence in Detroit. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, Mr. Frazier was failed by the adults around him, who had also experienced trauma and a lack of resources. He experienced and witnessed extreme violence and substance abuse throughout his young life. Mr. Frazier was also failed by the Michigan system—a complete failure to protect him and to make sure he was provided for as a child.”

The inmate’s remains will be released to the Escambia County Coroner and transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (Mobile Lab) for a postmortem examination .