Texas executes inmate who killed his great aunt in 1999

Quintin Jones, who was executed in Texas on Wednesday (Texas Department of Criminal Justice/AP)

A Texas man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt more than two decades ago was executed on Wednesday evening despite requests from some of the victim’s family to spare his life.

Quintin Jones, 41, received the lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the September 1999 killing of Berthena Bryant.