WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC4) -- The execution of a man on Utah's death row is now moving forward after it was delayed for an investigation into his competency. Ralph Leroy Menzies was convicted in 1988 for the 1986 aggravated murder, kidnapping, and robbery of Maurine Hunsaker.

The State filed a motion Monday to lift the stay on Menzie's execution and hold a hearing for an application for an execution warrant on the "soonest available date."

According to documents, on Feb. 13, 2024, the court ordered that all "proceedings advancing toward execution are stayed pending the resolution of Meznie's petition into competency." They cancelled a hearing set later that month for the State's application for an execution warrant.

The 67-year-old man has dementia, his defense citing a "significant decli

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