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A Florida person convicted his girlfriend, his mother and a person, said that he had died more than 30 years ago, who was expanding the record number of execution done in the state of Sunshine so far this year.
According to the Associated Press, 59 -year -old Kartis Windom died of a deadly injection at Florida State Jail near Stark on Thursday at 6:17 pm. He was convicted on 7 November 1992, his girlfriend Valerie Davis, his mother Mary Lubin and Johnny Lee, who claimed that he owed $ 2,000.
The AP reported that when the curtain was picked up in the death chamber shortly before the injection started, AP was covered by a sheet. When the drugs were administered, he began to breathe deeply and rotated his feet several times before he proceeded.
Davis’s sister Kemen Hunter wore a T-shirt at a news conference, after execution, “Justice for his, Healing for Me.”
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59 -year -old Curtis Windom was declared dead at 6:17 pm in Florida State Jail near Stark. (Florida Reforms Department)
Hunter said, “I want to say that it took 33 years to shut down,”
According to court records, on the day of three murders, a friend told Windom that Lee had won $ 114 in Greyhound Racetrack. Windom replied to the friend that “you are going to read about me” and planned to kill the man who gave him money.
According to court testimony, Windom went to a Walmart and bought a .38-caliber revolver and a box of 50 shells. A short time later, Windom participated in search of Lee and shot twice twice before two more shots firing, which stood close.
After the murder, Windom went to Davis’s apartment and shot him and killed him in front of a friend, in which there was no excitement, “the court record showed him. Windom shot and injured another man when he shot Davis’s mother in a car in a stop sign after he went to his daughter’s apartment.
He was sentenced to death for all three murders and was sentenced to 22 years for attempting to murder.
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Curtis Windom was killed to kill his girlfriend, her mother and a man for killings, claiming that she owed $ 2,000. (AP)
Davis was the mother of one of the children of Windom, who demanded to stop her father’s execution.
“Forgiveness comes with time, and 33 years is a long time,” Curticia Windom said in a statement. “I, myself, have forgiven my father.”
Relatives and friends of the three murder victims also issued a joint statement saying that they still loved Windom and care and Florida’s officials told them that they could not do anything to stop the execution he had campaigned to stop.
The statement said, “33 years ago, Curtis Windom killed our mother Valerie Davis, Dadi Mary Lubin and dear family friend Johnny Lee.” “Has the incidents of that day made us the living victims of a violent crime, relatives of a person facing execution, or both, we all have won our lives wearing a label wearing a label, which the Florida kingdom has decided that we should define and divide us. We have not allowed this to happen, however we have not allowed this, although we continue to do so, we have to do so for one -half, we have to do love and look for something for the other. There is no use for. “
“Above all, we have continued love and care for Curtis,” it continued. “We have celebrated graduates and weddings over the phone. We have brought their grandchildren to Florida State Jail. We have made connections despite the glass and cell bar. We have forgiven them.”
The statement said that they will “continue to reject the labels that were given to us.”
The statement said, “We are heartbroken that the State Florida did not listen to our arguments.” “And we are committed to continue to tell our story.”
Relatives and friends of three murder victims said that they still love and care with Curtis Windom. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Windom and his lawyers filed several appeals, arguing that he was represented by an disabled lawyer while presenting evidence of mental health conflicts.
Windom’s final appeal was rejected by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday.
For the option of death punishment, Floridians said in a statement, “A deadly injection does not appear for a deadly injection and treatment. They come from families of conversations, trips and phone calls with Curtis, where they demonstrated repentance and redemption.” “They come from Curtis, who create new relationships with people that they have hurt so deeply. They come from showing a new generation windows that expect less violent future. Tonight their execution stopped that treatment in his tracks, and changed it with new pain.”
“Governor desntis does not speak to the families of all the victims,” ​​the group said. “Tonight’s execution was not about justice. It was about flexing the political muscle.”
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The execution of Windom expands the record of Florida this year, after several death warrants signed by Republican village Ron Desantis. This year the 12th execution of the state is scheduled for 17 September.
The Sunshine State has carried out more people than any other state this year, tied to each with each with Texas and South Carolina. In the US, 30 people have been killed in 2025 so far.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.