By Associated Press and Associated  Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 00:16 EST, 26 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:54 EST, 26 February 2014 End of story: Convicted killer Michael Taylor is shown in this Missouri Department of Corrections photo released just hours before he was executed by lethal injection A man convicted of abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager in 1989 was put to death tonight using a lethal drug after last-minute appeals Tuesday failed to stay Missouri's fourth execution in as many months. Michael Taylor, 47, of Kansas City, was executed at 12.01am Wednesday.
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Ann Harrison, 15, was kidnapped on her way to school, raped and murdered in March 1989
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Michael Taylor, 47, admitted his part in crime and was sentenced to death
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He was pronounced dead at 12.10am local time after taking two deep breaths and closing his eyes for the last time
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Taylor issued a legal appeal over drug to be used, saying it will cause him 'inhuman pain and suffering'
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon denied last-minute clemency request
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Taylor was almost executed in 2006 before but got a last-minute reprieve
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Between November and January, Missouri put to death three death row inmates
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