Missouri to execute man who murdered his cousin and her husband, governor says
Brian Dorsey, convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband after they brought him to safety when he told them that drug dealers were at his door, will be executed Tuesday, Missouri's governor said.
A man convicted of murdering his cousin and her husband after they brought him to safety when he told them that drug dealers were at his door will be executed Tuesday, Missouri's governor said.
Brian Dorsey, 51, requested clemency, but Gov. Mike Parson affirmed the state Supreme Court-ordered sanction Monday, with his office saying in a statement that it is "an appropriate and legal sentence for his heinous crimes."
On Dec. 23, 2006, Dorsey grabbed his cousin's shotgun and fatally shot her and her husband in their Callaway County residence. Sarah Bonnie and Ben Bonnie drove him to the home for the night after he asked for her help, saying drug dealers were at his door demanding he cover debts, according to the case record.
The couple's 4-year-old daughter was in the home, but she was not physically harmed, the record states.
“Brian Dorsey punished his loving family for helping him in a time of need,” Parson said in the statement Monday.
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