US EditionFlorida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion
Mark Allen Geralds was Florida's 18th execution in 2025, a record year with more than double the previous high of eight executions in 2014, officials said.
- Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was executed on Tuesday evening in Florida for the murder of Tressa Pettibone during a home invasion in 1989, pronounced dead at 6:15 PM.
- Geralds expressed last words, stating, 'I'm sorry that I missed you,' before the execution began.
- Geralds's execution marked the 18th in Florida this year, extending the state record for total executions, with another planned for next week.
- On February 1, 1989, Tressa Pettibone was found fatally stabbed in her home by her son after Geralds attacked her during a home invasion.
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A man convicted of murdering a woman during a robbery was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday in the state of Florida, in the southeast of the United States. The 58-year-old execution of Mark Geralds occurred at 18H15 locals (23H15 GMT) in Raiford State Prison after he refused to file appeals against his conviction. Geralds was convicted of the murder in 1989 of Tressa Pettibone, 33, who was beaten and stabbed to death at home. Pettibone’s e…
In Florida, a 58-year-old has been executed for murder. In the U.S. state, there have been the most executions so far in 2025. In just a few days, the next one is planned.
Florida Executes Killer Handyman
A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15pm following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone, the AP reports. The...
In the U.S. state of Florida, a 58-year-old man was executed by poison injection for a 1989 murder. His last words were addressed to an unknown person.
Florida Executes Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder, Marks 18th Death In 2025
A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 pm following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison
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