They had also previously argued that Byron should be spared from the lethal injection because of his intellectual disability.

Byron was suffering from dementia and was wheelchair-bound, he also had brain damage and kidney failure other than his congestive heart failure.

Linette Bell, Angela’s sister made a statement after he was executed. She said, “I thank God for making this happen. His family is going through the same thing now that we went through 37 years ago.”

“I can’t say I’m sorry, because we never got an apology. He never apologized, and he never admitted it,” she went on.

Bennie, the agrieved father of the two girls, said he forgave Byron before he was executed.