Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 hammer killing

Summarised from 4 outlets · 5 reports · Updated 30 Sept, 07:56 · Archive

Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, was executed by lethal injection for the 1995 hammer attack killing of Carolyn Monfort.

Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday for the 1995 hammer attack killing of Carolyn Monfort at her home in Polk County, Florida. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto. This was Florida's 16th execution this year.

How it is being reported

• Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 murderFlorida executed Curtis Beasley by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the 1995 murder of a 62-year-old woman in Polk County, Fla.UPI · 30 Sept, 06:48
• Man, 77, executed for killing mum in brutal hammer attack with daughter finding her bodyCurtis Wilkie Beasley was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort at her home south of Orlando - tragically her daughter discovered her blood-splattered bodyThe Mirror · 30 Sept, 04:49
• 77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this yearCurtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to intervene A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death on Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber. Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a lethal injection at the Florida state prison near Starke, authorities said. He was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 hammer attack on Carolyn Monfort at her home…Guardian World · 29 Sept, 23:46
• Florida set to execute 77-year-old man for 1995 murderFlorida is set to execute Curtis Beasley, 77, on Tuesday evening by lethal injection. This would be the 16th execution in Florida this year.UPI · 29 Sept, 19:25
• Florida is set to execute a 77-year-old man convicted of a 1995 murderA 77-year-old Florida man convicted of the hammer beating death of a woman is set to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation’s busiest death chamberIndependent World · 29 Sept, 05:00

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