US EditionFlorida to put man to death for a triple murder in record 11th execution this year
Curtis Windom was convicted of a 1992 triple murder linked to a $2,000 gambling debt; Florida leads the U.S. with 11 executions scheduled in 2025, setting a state record.
- Curtis Windom, 59, is set for execution Thursday at Florida State Prison near Starke, Florida, with a 6:00 PM ET time scheduled, marking Florida's 11th execution this year.
- Windom was sentenced to die for the Nov. 7, 1992, killings of Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis and Mary Lubin in the Orlando area, with prosecutors citing a $2,000 gambling debt and a $114 racetrack win as motives.
- Court records describe the sequence of shootings: Windom bought a.38-caliber revolver and a box of shells, then fatally shot Valerie Davis at her apartment, witnessed by a friend.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied Windom's last appeals; authorities said Windom was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. following a lethal injection, while Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty delivered over 5,000 petition signatures urging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to intervene.
- Florida is leading U.S. states in executions this year, with inmate Windom's execution scheduled following the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of his final appeal Wednesday.
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Florida to put man to death for triple murder in record 11th execution this year
A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday in what would be a record 11th execution in the state of Florida this year.
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Florida to put man to death for a triple murder in record 11th execution this year
A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 is scheduled to be executed in Florida, which would be the 11th execution in the state this year.
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