'Ninja killer' executed in Florida for 1989 couple's murder.
TL;DR
Louis Bernard Gaskin, known as the "ninja killer," was executed in Florida for the 1989 murder of a New Jersey couple. Gaskin shot Robert and Georgette Sturmfels with a .22-caliber rifle in their winter home and stole property that he intended to give as Christmas gifts to his girlfriend. He was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, burglary, and attempted murder. Gaskin's execution was the state's 100th since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
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