A Grundy County, Mo., man will be executed on July 30, according to the Missouri Supreme Court.

John Middleton, 48, of Spickard, will be the first man executed in Missouri since 2005.

He was convicted for the murders of Alfred Pinegar, Stacy Hodge and Randy Hamilton in 1995. The bodies of Ms. Hodge and Mr. Hamilton were found in the trunk of a car in Mercer County. Both had been shot to death. Mr. Pinegar’s body was discovered in a remote area of Grundy County. He also had been shot.

Testimony revealed that the deaths were linked to a methamphetamine operation run by Mr. Middleton.

Executions had come to a nationwide halt while the U.S. Supreme had been considering a case about the practice of lethal injection. The court approved the use of lethal injection in April, according to the Associated Press.