Florida sets execution date for man who fatally shot man and woman during home invasion robbery
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Frank Walls, scheduled for lethal injection on Dec. 18, marking Florida's 19th execution in 2025, doubling the previous record.
- Athen Walls, 58, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on Dec. 18, 2025 in Florida for fatally shooting a couple during a 1987 home invasion robbery.
- Walls tied up and killed Eglin Air Force Base airman Edward Alger and his girlfriend Ann Peterson, shooting them in the head during the robbery.
- In addition to the 1987 double murder, Walls has admitted to killing three other women between 1985-1987 in the same area.
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A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during a home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December under a death warrant signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's setting a record pace for executions. Frank...
Florida Gov. DeSantis Sets 19th Execution Of 2025: Frank Walls Now Scheduled For Lethal Injection
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Frank Athen Walls, 58, scheduling his execution by lethal injection for December 18 at Florida State Prison. Walls’s execution would be the 19th set in the state this year, placing Governor DeSantis’s administration over the record for the most executions in a single year since Florida […] Florida Gov. DeSantis Sets 19th Execution Of 2025: Frank Walls Now Scheduled For Lethal Injection
Florida sets execution date for man who fatally shot man and woman during home invasion robbery
A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December.
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