Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement following the execution of Demetrius Frazier at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. The execution was authorized by Attorney General Marshall to begin at 6:10 p.m., and Frazier was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m.
Demetrius Frazier's criminal activities began on September 1, 1991, when he broke into Jacqueline Gresham's home in Detroit, Michigan. Armed with a knife and using a T-shirt as a mask, he raped Gresham multiple times. Before leaving, he claimed his actions were due to a bet he had won.
Frazier later traveled to Birmingham, Alabama. On November 26, 1991, he entered Pauline Brown's apartment through a window. After searching for cash, he raped her at gunpoint and shot her in the head despite her pleas for mercy. He left with less than $100 after pausing to eat bananas from her kitchen.
In March 1992, back in Detroit, Frazier forced fourteen-year-old Crystal Kendrick into an abandoned house at gunpoint. When she attempted to escape, Frazier shot her in the head. Her body was discovered by a passing driver.
Frazier faced numerous charges upon his arrest in Detroit days later, including second-degree murder and multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. During interrogation, he confessed to Brown's murder in Birmingham. A detective from Birmingham confirmed his confession during an interrogation in Michigan.
Convicted in Michigan for crimes against Kendrick and Gresham in 1993, Frazier received four life sentences. In 1995, he was tried and convicted of capital murder in Birmingham and sentenced to death. He was transferred back to Alabama in 2011 under an executive agreement for his sentence to be executed.