FLORENCE, Arizona — The state of Arizona executed 55-year-old convicted killer Richard Kenneth Djerf Friday morning, ending a more than 30-year case stemming from the 1993 murders of four members of the Luna family in Phoenix, the Associated Press reported .

Djerf was pronounced dead at 10:40 a.m. at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence following lethal injection of pentobarbital, AP said. The state’s corrections department said the procedure took multiple attempts to establish IV access due to “sub-optimal” veins and lasted about 10 minutes before the declaration of death.

KJZZ Phoenix reported that in September 1993, Djerf entered the Luna family’s home while disguised as a flower-delivery person, then killed father Albert Luna Sr.; mother Patricia Luna; daughter Rochelle, 18;

See Full Page