On February 27, 1992, Kenneth Eugene Bruce was sentenced to die for the capital murder of 55-year-old Helen Ayers, which occurred near Prosper, Texas, on December 10, 1990.
The first death row inmate to be executed in 2004 was convicted murderer, Ynobe Katron Matthews. The state of Texas executed Matthews for strangling 21-year-old Carolyn Casey.