Posted on 08/23/2019 11:58:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
A mass murderer known as the “I-95 killer,” who spent the majority of 1994 targeting gay men -- including a Navy World War II veteran -- ate three burgers, fries and bacon before he was executed late Thursday in Florida.
Gary Ray Bowles, 57, was pronounced dead at 10:58 p.m. Thursday evening after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said. Bowles had already eaten his last meal by 3 p.m. that afternoon, prison officials told WJXT.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal filed by Bowles’ attorneys earlier Thursday that argued their client was not mentally fit to receive the death penalty, clearing the way for his execution to proceed as planned.
Bowles was condemned to die for his murder conviction in the 1994 slaying of Walter Hinton, a 42-year-old who was strangled and had his head smashed with a concrete block, in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. That was one of the six known killings that terrorized the Interstate 95 corridor that year and earned him the nickname of the "I-95 killer." In each case, Bowles had a signature: He stuffed the victims’ throats with objects, including rags, toilet paper, dirt, leaves — even a sex toy.
Police were on Bowles' trail after his first killing in 1994 in Daytona Beach. Bowles left investigators a slew of evidence, including a probation document left at the scene and ATM footage showing him trying to withdraw money from the victim, John Hardy Roberts,’ bank account.
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Not if you are pro-life and believe in the value of all human life, with the exception of violent criminals like this guy.
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Respect and protect the life of every living thing EXCEPT the life of persons who intentionally torture and/or kill other people or animals.
The left won this: The goal was to make the death penalty a zero deterrent. They succeeded.
I opened this thread to get a good idea of what to have for dinner.
And all it was burger and fries???
How about Lobster and Steak, Corn on the Cob, and cherry cobbler for dessert?
People of good taste generally have the good taste not to commit capital crimes.
In Florida, a condemned prisoner can order only food that is in stock in the mess kitchen..........
I’ll agree to ban capital punishment if liberals will agree to ban abortion.
Serial killer was a gay man. Just like Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Jim Jones.
“targeted gay men”. He’d worked for years as a gay prostitute.
There is a show on Netflix called “Mind Hunter”. It is about the initial start of the FBI’s “Behavioral Crimes Unit”. They go in and interview the serial killers (they gave them the name “serial”) to try to make sense of why they did the stuff they did. Prior the cops just said “Who knows- they’re just nuts!”
The actors they get to portray the serial killers look VERY similar to the actual killers. The TV show script when they are in the prison interviewing the killers are from the actual transcripts of the tape recordings.
Killer: “Well, one needs to be very exacting and precise to kill as many women as I did in my vocation.”
FBI: “Vocation?”
Killer: “What would you call it - a hobby? It was much more than a hobby.”
IMO, many live longer on Death Row than their victims have lived on planet Earth.
Another good one William Bonin got a dirt nap in Cali, the last one I believe, I would have burned him alive feet first and slowly, the details of his crimes are very hard to stomach.
Nah, just a serial killer who thought it was easier luring risk taking gays out... probably was gay himself like that one gay serial killer who murdered that gay celeb
Yep, the gay milieu is a gay serial killer ‘s smorgasborg of opportunities to bait victims.
Orlando shooter was bi and his wife drove him to the bar
My choice would be an all you can eat buffet........
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