Execution date set for man who abducted woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her

By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press A man who abducted a woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov Ron DeSantis Kayle Bates is set to die Aug in the th execution scheduled for this year DeSantis signed the warrant Friday just three days after the state executed Michael Bell for fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in as part of an attempted revenge killing Related Articles Letters Bills offer California measures to end scholar homelessness Letters DA reflects Santa Clara County s views on death penalty Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn t be executed Letters San Mateo County s return to death penalty is wrong When was the last time someone was sentenced to death in San Mateo County Bell was the th person to die by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U S exceeding the executions carried out last year It is the highest total since when people were put to death Bates now was convicted of first-degree murder kidnapping armed robbery and attempted sexual battery in the June Bay County killing of Janet White Bates abducted White from the State Farm insurance office where she worked took her into selected woods behind the building attempted to rape her stabbed her to death and tore a diamond ring from one of her fingers according to a letter from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier summarizing the history of the incident Bates attorney James Driscoll Jr reported in a phone call Saturday that he would be filing further appeals in the event We believe his execution would violate the U S constitution he explained