Man Who Killed Broward Mom and 4-Year-Old Daughter Set for Execution After Gov. DeSantis Signs Warrant

DeSantis signs death warrant for man convicted of killing Broward mom, her daughter, 4

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Man who killed Broward mom and 4-year-old daughter set for execution after Gov. DeSantis signs warrant

A man convicted of killing a Broward mother and her 4-year-old daughter in 2000 is set to be executed May 21 after Gov. DeSantis signed a new death warrant.

DeSantis signs death warrant for man convicted of Broward double murder

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his eighth death warrant of 2026, this one for Richard Knight, 47, for the 2000 murder of Odessia Stephens and her 4-year-old daughter in Broward County.

DeSantis signs death warrant for man convicted of killing 4-year-old girl and her mother

A day after the state carried out its fifth execution of the year, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his eighth death warrant of 2026.