A Florida man convicted of r@ping and k!lling his neighbor decades ago was put to de@th on Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year.
Norman Mearle Grim Jr. was pronounced de@d at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
Grim, 65, was convicted of s£xual battery and first-degree murd£r in the de@th of Cynthia Campbell. The victim was reported missing in July 1998, and her battered body was found in the waters near the Pensacola Bay Bridge by a fisherman.
An autopsy revealed that seven of the stab wounds penetrated her heart. Physical evidence, including DNA, tied Grim to her k!lling.
Since the US Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976, the highest previous annual total of Florida executions was eight in 2014. Florida has executed more people than any other state this year, followed by Texas and Alabama with five each.
Two more executions are planned for next month in Florida under de@ th warrants signed by DeSantis.
