Florida executes former police officer convicted of killing 11-year-old girl in 1987

Florida executes former police officer convicted of killing 11-year-old girl in 1987

Duckett was convicted of raping and drowning 11-year-old Teresa McAbee while he was working as a police officer in central Florida in 1987. He declined to make a final statement and showed no response several minutes into the execution when the prison warden shook him and shouted his name. Duckett became the 11th Florida inmate executed

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