The Indiana Supreme Court’s order for the execution of Joseph Edward Corcoran was carried out.

Corcoran was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1997 murders of his brother, James Corcoran; his sister’s fiancé, Robert Scott Turner; and two of their friends, Timothy Bricker and Douglass Stillwell.

The execution process started shortly after 12 a.m. CST on Dec. 18, 2024.

For his final meal he requested Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. His last words were: “Let’s get this over with.”

Corcoran was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST.

His execution is the first execution to be carried out in Indiana since 2009. There had been a pause on all executions in the state due to a lack of the drug cocktail needed to carry out lethal injection.