A former gang member who set fire to a car killing a youth minister unconscious in the boot, will be executed after 21 years.
Brandon Bernard, along with two accomplices, kidnapped Todd and Stacie Bagley from Fort Hood, Iowa, in 1999. According to court records, the three youths, from Killeen, Texas, were looking for someone to rob when they found Todd using a convenience store payphone.
He agreed to give them a ride in his car - but during the journey Bernard's accomplice Christopher Vialva pulled out a gun and ordered the couple to get into the boot.
During the several hours they spent in the trunk, the Bagleys could be heard telling their kidnappers to embrace Christianity.
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