US EditionFlorida man convicted raping and killing his former manager is set to be executed
Richard Randolph faces lethal injection for a 1988 robbery and murder, marking Florida's 17th execution in 2025, the state's highest annual total since 1976.
- On Thursday evening Richard Barry Randolph, 63, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke, after a 1989 death sentence.
- In August 1988 Randolph attempted to break into the Handy-Way convenience store in Palatka where he had worked, and a struggle with manager Minnie Ruth McCollum escalated into a fatal assault.
- Investigators reported that Randolph admitted the attack after he was arrested shortly at a Jacksonville grocery trying to cash stolen lottery tickets, while three women eyewitnesses called sheriff's deputies.
- The Florida Supreme Court denied Randolph's appeals last week, exhausting state relief, and a final U.S. Supreme Court appeal remains pending after he argued restricted public records access and counsel consent issues.
- Florida leads the nation this year with 17 executions in 2025, while nationwide 43 people have already been executed and more than a dozen are scheduled through early 2026.
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A man convicted of raping and killing a woman in 1988 was executed this Thursday in Florida, in the southeast of the United States. Richard Randolph, 63, received a lethal injection at 18H12 (23H12 GMT) in a northern state prison, the Florida Department of Prisons said in a statement. Justice sentenced him to capital punishment in 1989 for the death of Minnie Ruth McCollum, the manager of a store he had worked at. After the victim surprised Rand…
Florida Man Executed in 1988 Death of Former Boss
A man convicted of raping and fatal beating his manager at a Florida convenience store in 1988 was put to death Thursday evening in the state's record 17th execution this year. Richard Barry Randolph, 63, was pronounced dead at 6:12pm following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near...
Florida executes Richard Barry Randolph convicted of raping, killing former convenience store manager
Florida executed Richard Barry Randolph for raping and killing his former convenience store manager in 1988, marking the state's record 17th execution this year.
Florida rapist executed for killing his former manager who 'knew he was going to kill her' - The Mirror
Richard Barry Randolph was convicted of murder, armed robbery, sexual battery and grand theft and sentenced to death in 1989 - Minnie Ruth McCollum died six days after the brutal attack
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