A KILLER who burned an elderly store clerk to death gave a chilling message to the victim’s family moments before he was executed.
Matthew Lee Johnson‘s 26-minute death by lethal injection came exactly 13 years after he set great-grandma Nancy Harris, 76, alight during a robbery.
The clerk suffered severe burns and died several days later following the convenience store heist in Dallas, 2012.
Depraved Johnson, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:53pm on Tuesday.
His came about 26 minutes after officials injected a cocktail of drugs into his arm at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Leading up to the , Johnson begged the victim’s family for forgiveness.
Turning to a window a few feet away where Harris’ family were watching – the sick killer pleaded with the grieving relatives.
After begging for forgiveness – he bizarrely stated that he wanted to see slain Harris again.
Johnson said: “As I look at each one of you, I can see her on that day.
“I please ask for your forgiveness. I never meant to hurt her.”;;
He stated: “I pray that she’s the first person I see when I open my eyes and I spend eternity with.”;;
The also asked his wife and daughters to forgive him.
The dad said: “I made wrong choices, I’ve made wrong decisions, and now I pay the consequences.”;;
Since the heinous attack was partially caught on camera, Harris was able to describe Johnson before she succumbed to her injuries.
During his 2013 trial, Johnson admitted to the brutal burning.
He expressed regret for the murder and branded himself “the lowest scum of the earth“.
The murderer claimed he was high on crack when he set the victim on fire and was therefore not aware of his actions.
He said at the time: “I hurt an innocent woman. I took a human being’s life. I was the cause of that.
“It was not my intentions to — to kill her or to hurt her, but I did.”;;
The killer’s legal team previously argued their client had a drug addiction and was sexually abused as a child.
Harris was survived by four sons, 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
It comes after a serial killer once linked to the OJ Simpson murder case sent a in the final moments before he was executed.
Glen Rogers, who claimed to have killed up to 70 people, was put to death by lethal injection on May 15 at Florida State Prison.
The 62-year-old, dubbed the Casanova Killer due to his charm and good looks, wasfor the 1995 slaying of a woman in a Tampa motel.
And his last words were, “President Trump, keep making America great. I’m ready to go.”;;
