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Currently, the state of Florida has 277 people on death row awaiting execution as of December 20, 2024.
List of death row inmates
Central Florida
The counties which encompass Central Florida are Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia.
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Davis Jr. | Murders of four people. | 13 years, 243 days | He was given an additional life sentence for killing the unborn child of one of the victims |
| Eddie James | Strangled 8-year-old Toni Neuner and raped her corpse, and repeatedly stabbed her grandmother, 58-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Dick. | 29 years, 132 days | James was living with the family of the victims at the time. |
| Markeith Loyd | Shot and killed Orlando Police Lieutenant Debra Clayton. | 2 years, 300 days | Loyd was previously sentenced to life for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon. |
| Julio Rivera | shot and killed his childhood friend in a storage unit his friend was letting him stay in after violating parole related to another murder case in New York | 170 days | he was convicted of murdering a man in New York during a robbery in front of his young sons. He would be paroled after 24 years. |
| George Trepal | Poisoned and murdered his neighbor, 41-year-old Peggy Carr. | 33 years, 297 days | |
| Troy Victorino | Bludgeoned six people to death. | 18 years, 98 days | Victorino and accomplice Jerone Hunter were both sentenced to death for the crime. The crime was the bloodiest mass murder in Volusia County history. |
| Tommy Zeigler | Quadruple murder of Eunice Zeigler, Perry and Virginia Edwards, and Charlie Mays. | 48 years, 165 days | Zeigler's case has been the focus of controversy since he was denied bloodstain DNA analysis in 2013 and 2016, and touch DNA analysis in April 2017.Zeigler was scheduled to be executed on October 22, 1982. However, the U.S. District Court stayed the execution due to new evidence. Zeigler was then scheduled to be executed on May 20, 1986, but it was again stayed by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals due to inadequate representation. Zeigler is Florida's longest-serving death row inmate. |
Florida Panhandle
The counties which encompass the Florida Panhandle are Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla.
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Gonzalez | Murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings. | 13 years, 315 days | |
| Gary Hilton | Kidnapped, robbed, murdered and dismembered Cheryl Dunlap at Apalachicola National Forest. | 13 years, 251 days | He was also sentenced to life in prison in Georgia for the murder of Meredith Emerson, and was sentenced in North Carolina to four life sentences for the murders of John and Irene Bryant. Hilton is also suspected in the killing of Judy Smith. |
| Michael Harrison Hunt | shot four people, killing one as an attempt to murder a witness in a sex trafficking case he was a part of. | 344 days | |
| Frank A. Walls | Robbery and murder of five people in Ocean City from 1985 to 1987 | 32 years, 152 days | Granted a new trial in 1994, but was found guilty and was resentenced to death |
Miami Metropolitan Area
The counties with encompass the Miami Metropolitan Area are Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucious Boyd | Kidnapped, raped and stabbed 21-year-old Dawnia Dacosta with a screwdriver. | 22 years, 190 days | He is a suspect in at least ten other homicides, rapes, and disappearances |
| Noel Doorbal | Murdered and dismembered Hungarian couple, Frank Griga and his girlfriend Krisztina Furton, during an extortion kidnapping. | 26 years, 165 days | Changes to capital punishment laws have helped Doorbal, who in 2017 had his death sentence overturned. In case Miami prosecutors seek the death penalty again, he will be tried by a jury. |
| Daniel Lugo | |||
| Steven Wolf | wolf kidnap, rape and torture a homeless woman in his van, he would then dump parts of her desmemberd body in a wooded area | 1 year, 136 days | was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering a homeless man in Idaho at aged 15. |
North Florida
The counties encompassing North Florida are Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Levy, Marion, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Nassau, Union
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne C. Doty | Murder of fellow inmate Xavier Rodriguez in 2013. | 11 years, 207 days (first sentence; overthrown) 6 years, 227 days (second sentence) |
Originally sentenced to death for the murder of Harvey Horne II in 1996, the Florida Supreme Court threw out Doty's sentence in 2016, but he was retried and received a new one in 2018. Has selected electrocution as his method of execution. |
| Markas Fishburne | murdered his roommate's girlfriend and put her in a plastic storage bin | 184 days | |
| Michael James Jackson | Kidnapped, robbed and buried alive his girlfriend's former neighbors, married couple James "Reggie" and Carol Sumner, both 61-year-old. | 17 years, 121 days | Alan Wade, who help in the murders was sentenced to death. His girlfriend, Tiffany Cole was also sentenced to death, but retrial and sentenced to life on August 23, 2023. Bruce Nixon, who also participed in the murders was sentenced to 45 years in prison. |
| Michael Wayne Jones | would be sentenced to death for murdering his four kids, including drowning two of them | 1 year, 238 days | also sentenced to life for murdering his wife |
| Patrick McDowell | shot and killed a Nassau County deputy during a traffic stop. | 164 days | at trial he wrote a letter asking for the death penalty |
| Donald James Smith | Kidnapped, raped, and murdered 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle. | 6 years, 240 days | |
| Mark Wilson Jr | stabbed two brothers to death, they were aged 12 and 14 | 1 year, 305 days | Wilson was also dating the boys aunt at the time |
South Florida
The counties which encompass South Florida are Collier, Lee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte, Hendry, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Indian River, Martin,
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Conahan | Kidnapped, raped, tortured and strangled a 21-year-old man, tied him to a tree, then removed his genitals. | 25 years, 322 days | Conahan is also a suspect in the deaths of twelve other men. |
| Mesac Damas | Murder of his wife and five children at their home. | 7 years, 62 days | He was given six death sentences for each murder. |
| Kevin Foster | Shot high school music teacher Mark Schwebes. | 26 years, 225 days | Two of Foster's accomplices were sentenced to life without parole. Another was sentenced to 32 years. |
| Michael King | Kidnapped, raped and murdered 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee. | 15 years, 115 days | |
| Mark Sievers | Orchestrated the murder of his wife, 46-year-old Teresa Sievers. | 4 years, 360 days | |
| Wade Wilson | Strangled two women to death then ran over the second victim multiple times. | 122 days | Called the Deadpool killer due to sharing the same name as him. His trial also occurred around the same time as the release of Deadpool & Wolverine. |
| Zephen Xaver | Perpetrated the 2019 Sebring shooting. | 12 days | |
| Joseph Zieler | murdered a 11 year old girl and her baby sitter after breaking into the girl’s home | 1 year, 143 days | Zieler wouldn’t be caught until roughly 30 years after the crime. He would also assault his attorney during trial. |
Tampa Bay Area
The counties which encompass the Tampa Bay Area are Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus.
| Name | Description of crime | Time on death row | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Lorenzo | would rape and torture nine gay men, murdering two of them. He and a partner would dump dismembered body parts of the victims across Tampa | 1 year, 108 days | the time of sentence was roughly 20 years from the crime. |
| Dontae Morris | Killed five people, including two police officers, in Tampa between May and June 2010. | 10 years, 212 days | |
| Glen Edward Rogers | Stabbed Tina Marie Cribbs to death. | 27 years, 170 days | Rogers was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher, and is suspected of having murdered three other women in Ohio, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Considered by investigators as a possible alternative suspect to O. J. Simpson in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. |
Also see
- capital punishment in Florida
- List of death row inmates in the United States
- List of death row inmates in Japan
- List of people executed in Florida
References
- "Death Row Roster". Florida Department of Corrections.
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