A Florida execution on Thursday marked the 11th carried out in the state this year, setting a new record under Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has signed more death warrants in a single year than any other governor in state history.
Curtis Windom Put to Death
Curtis Windom, 59, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke and pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., according to prison officials. He had been sentenced to die for the Nov. 7, 1992, murders of his girlfriend Valerie Davis, her mother Mary Lubin, and Johnnie Lee, a man Windom claimed owed him $2,000.
Windom’s case drew notoriety for its brutal details. Court records show that on the day of the murders, a friend told Windom that Lee had won $114 at a greyhound racetrack. Windom responded, “You’re gonna read about me,” before purchasing a revolver at Walmart. He then hunted down Lee, shooting him four times — twice in the back and twice at close range.
He later went to Davis’ apartment and fatally shot her in front of a witness. He also wounded another man before killing Davis’ mother, Lubin, as she sat in her car at a stop sign.
