Demetrius Terrence Frazier
Demetrius Terrence Frazier | |
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ADOC mugshot of Demetrius Terrence Frazier | |
| Born | October 29, 1972 Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 2025 (aged 52) |
| Cause of death | Execution by nitrogen hypoxia |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Convictions | Alabama Capital murder Murder Michigan First-degree murder Armed robbery Felony firearms possession First-degree criminal sexual misconduct (×2) |
| Criminal penalty | Alabama Death – capital murder Life imprisonment – murder Michigan Life imprisonment (x4) plus 60 to 90 years' jail |
| Details | |
| Victims | Murdered Pauline Starks Brown, 40 Crystal Kendrick, 14 Alive Eight other rape victims Several robbery victims |
| Date | 1991–1992 |
| Locations | Alabama, Michigan |
| Imprisoned at | Alger Correctional Facility (Michigan; 1993–2011) Holman Correctional Facility (Alabama; 2011–2025) |
Demetrius Terrence Frazier (October 29, 1972 – February 6, 2025) was an American convicted murderer and serial rapist executed in Alabama for the 1991 rape and murder of 40-year-old Pauline Brown, after a robbery on November 27, 1991. Frazier confessed to Brown's murder after his arrest in Detroit, Michigan, for the 1992 murder of 14-year-old Crystal Kendrick in Michigan, whom he had shot to death while attempting to rape the girl. Besides his two murder convictions, Frazier was suspected of raping eight other women in Michigan; and was tried and found guilty of two of those rapes by a Wayne County jury.
For the murder of Brown, Frazier was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in Alabama in 1996. He was also given multiple life sentences in 1993 for the murder of Kendrick and other offences he committed in Michigan; he spent over 18 years at the Alger Correctional Facility in Michigan until 2011, when he was transferred to the Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama, home to the state's death row.
Frazier was executed by nitrogen hypoxia on February 6, 2025, after being imprisoned over 32 years.