Fox News media wit­ness Troy Hayden report­ed that the exe­cu­tion team had trou­ble insert­ing the IV line and that Dixon appeared to be in pain and gri­maced dur­ing the inser­tion process. He said that after about 25 min­utes, the exe­cu­tion team cut into Dixon’s groin to place the IV line there. Associated Press reporter Paul Davenport, who also wit­nessed the exe­cu­tion and saw the inci­sion being made, said at the post-exe­cu­tion news con­fer­ence that exe­cu­tion team mem­bers had ​“to wipe up a fair amount of blood“ from Dixon’s groin.