MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. − In the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 10, Indiana executed Roy Lee Ward via lethal injection.

Ward was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of Stacy Payne , a 15-year-old Spencer County girl.

The execution began just after 12 a.m. Central time at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Ward was declared dead at 12:33 a.m., according to the Indiana Department of Corrections.

According to DOC officials, Ward's last meal was from Texas Corral and consisted of the following: One hamburger, one steak melt, one order of French fries, one baked potato with butter, one order of twelve fried shrimp, one sweet potato, one order of chicken alfredo, and one order of breadsticks.

Department of Correction officials said Ward's last words were, “Brian is going to rea

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