Darryl Barwick, the convicted murderer who stabbed a woman 37 times in 1986, was executed at Florida State Prison.
was 19 years old in 1986 when he saw 24-year-old Rebecca Wendt sunbathing by the pool of her apartment complex in Panama City and followed her home. After watching her he went back to his house nearby to grab a knife and gloves and broke into her apartment, stabbing her 37 times.
Witnesses were only able to see Barwick’s face as his body was covered by a sheet except his left arm which contained the intravenous lines. His eyes remained open throughout the procedure. Barwick breathed heavily for several minutes with his chest visibly moving up and down and his left arm twitching shortly after the process began. At 6:06, staff attempted to speak with Barwick, who did not respond but his eyes remained open.
“This is a case where there has never been a doubt about the defendant’s guilt," 14th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Larry Basford said in a statement after the execution."Not one, but two juries found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and recommended that he be sentenced to death. Unfortunately, it took 37 years from the time of the crime for that punishment to be carried out in this case.
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