Brewer died by lethal injection on April 29, 2003, after spending 17 years and six months on death row.

He was convicted of the 1985 murder of 21-year-old Sherry Byrne, the wife of a college fraternity brother.

He was found guilty on September 19, 1985, and sentenced to death in October 1985.

His subsequent appeals at the state and federal levels were unsuccessful, as was his request for executive clemency.

At 10:00 a.m. on April 29, 2003, Brewer was led into the execution chamber at the state prison in Lucasville, Ohio.