Florida executes man for 1982 murder of insurance office worker abducted from office

Kayle Bates was pronounced dead Tuesday evening after a three-drug injection at a Florida State Prison

Florida on Tuesday put to death a man convicted of abducting a woman from an insurance office and fatally stabbing her.

Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. after a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. His death sentence was handed down after his conviction on first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery charges in the June 14, 1982, killing of Janet White in Florida’s Panhandle.

White’s husband, Randy White, witnessed Tuesday’s execution.

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