Federal prison officials in Terre Haute, Indiana on Thursday (12/10) executed a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Oskaloosa couple. 40-year-old Brandon Bernard was 18 when he and four other teenagers abducted and robbed Todd and Stacie Bagley on their way from a Sunday service in Killeen, Texas. Bernard is the second person involved in the Bagleys’ deaths to be executed.  In September, Christopher Vialva was executed for murdering the Bagleys.

Todd and Stacie Bagley were youth ministers at an Oskaloosa church.  They were visiting relatives in Killeen, Texas when the couple was held at gunpoint and then forced into the trunk of their car.  After driving for several hours, the kidnappers stopped at an isolated area on the Fort Hood military reservation.  The Bagley’s car was doused with gasoline, before Vialva shot Todd and Stacie in the head…and then the car was set on fire.  In 2000, a jury convicted Vialva and co-defendant Brandon Bernard of first degree murder, carjacking and conspiracy to commit murder and both were sentenced to death.