Florida Executes Duane Owen for 1984 Murders of Babysitter and Single Mother.

Duane Owen, who was convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old single mother, was executed by lethal injection in Florida. Owen declined to make a final statement before his execution. Family members of the victims were present for the execution. Owen had been on death row since his convictions, and despite decades of appeals and insanity defenses, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant this year. Florida is one of 27 states where the death penalty remains in place.