Alabama death row inmate Gregory Hunt, 65, was executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Tuesday evening for the 1988 capital murder of Karen Lane in Walker County. Hunt was convicted in 1990 of killing Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, after breaking into her apartment and fatally beating her.

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According to the Associated Press, Lane sustained approximately 60 injuries in the attack, including 20 to the head. Hunt was sentenced to death following a jury recommendation of 11–1. He had been on Alabama’s death row since 1990, making him one of the state’s longest-serving condemned inmates.

Governor Kay Ivey designated a 30-hour window for the execution to occur, beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, and ending at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11. The execution took place at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.

Hunt selected nitrogen gas as his preferred method of execution prior to the state finalizing its procedures for the process. The method involves using a gas mask to deprive the inmate of oxygen. If carried out, it will be Alabama’s second nitrogen gas execution this year and the sixth nationwide. Alabama previously executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier by nitrogen gas in February and James Osgood by lethal injection in April.

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Hunt recently filed a final appeal seeking a stay of execution, arguing that prosecutors misrepresented evidence related to sexual abuse during his trial. The Alabama Attorney General’s office rejected the claim as meritless and asserted that it did not undermine the conviction.

A written statement from Lane’s family is expected following the execution.

Sherri Blevins is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You may contact her at [email protected].