HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - The execution for convicted killer Roy Lee Ward is set for this Friday.

Ward is scheduled to be put to death sometime after midnight and before sunrise.

Ward was sentenced to death for the July 2001 rape and murder of Spencer County teen, 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

A parole board held a clemency hearing for Ward on September 22 and recommended the execution to proceed, citing the brutal nature of the crime. Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced he would follow the recommendation.

Eyewitness News will have more coverage throughout the week.

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