Ralph Menzies' attorneys say his dementia is getting worse, and he now requires full-time care at Utah's prison. A judge on Wednesday signed a death warrant ordering he be executed in September.

Third District Judge Matthew Bates signed an execution warrant for Ralph Menzies Wednesday, setting the date for Sept. 5. Menzies' attorneys have filed a petition and an appeal.

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986. When given a choice decades ago, Menzies selected a firing squad as his method of execution. He would become only the sixth U.S. prisoner executed by firing squad since 1977.