Florida Executes Killer After 30-Year Legal Battle
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Anthony Wainwright, 54, was executed in Florida for the 1994 rape and murder of Carmen Gayheart. Wainwright and an accomplice abducted Gayheart from a supermarket parking lot, then raped and murdered her. The execution, Florida's sixth this year, concluded after a lengthy legal process that caused significant emotional distress to Gayheart's family. His co-defendant died on death row in 2023. Wainwright's final statement was inaudible to witnesses.
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