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Post by Stormyweather on Aug 24, 2019 21:52:47 GMT -6
Florida executes serial killer Gary Ray Bowles STARKE — After eating a last meal of three hamburgers, french fries and bacon, serial killer Gary Ray Bowles was executed by lethal injection late Thursday for the 1994 murder of a Jacksonville man he hit in the head with a concrete block and strangled. Bowles, 57, was sentenced to death for the murder of Walter Hinton, who was found dead in his Jacksonville mobile home. Bowles also is serving life sentences for the 1994 murders of John Roberts in Volusia County and Albert Morris in Nassau County. In addition, Bowles confessed to murdering men in Georgia and Maryland, with evidence suggesting he targeted gay men, according to information released in June by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office. Bowles made a statement before he died, saying he was “so very sorry to all of the family and friends of Mr. Hinton.” “I never wanted to kill him, and I’m sorry for all of the pain and suffering I have caused. I hope my death eases your pain,” Bowles wrote. Bowles also apologized to his mother, adding “having to deal with your son being called a monster is terrible. I’m so very sorry.” Bowles’ attorneys argued in a brief last month that the Supreme Court should order a hearing about whether the Death Row inmate was intellectually disabled and, as a result, should have been shielded from execution. But the Supreme Court said Bowles had failed to make a “timely” intellectual disability claim because he did not raise the issue until 2017. The Aug. 13 Supreme Court opinion gave a brief description of the grisly murder of Hinton. “Bowles confessed and pleaded guilty to the 1994 murder of Walter Hinton, who had allowed Bowles to move into his home in exchange for Bowles’ help in moving personal items. Specifically, Bowles dropped a concrete block on Hinton’s head while Hinton was sleeping, then manually strangled a conscious Hinton, and subsequently ‘stuffed toilet paper into Hinton’s throat and placed a rag into his mouth,’ ” the opinion said, partially quoting an earlier court ruling. www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-execution-florida-gary-ray-bowles-20190823-hczoml626bbmxjblvox5qxq564-story.html
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Post by hawg on Aug 25, 2019 11:05:23 GMT -6
Florida executes serial killer Gary Ray Bowles saying he was “so very sorry to all of the family and friends of Mr. Hinton.” I’m so very sorry.” NOT committing suicide in 25 years tells us all we need to know about how sorry you are.
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