Execution Date Set For Florida Man Convicted Of Kidnapping Woman, Killing Her

A man connected death statement successful Florida is scheduled to beryllium executed adjacent period for his condemnation of abducting a female from an security agency and sidesplitting her.

Kayle Bates, 67, is group to beryllium put to decease connected Aug. 19 successful nan 10th execution scheduled for this twelvemonth successful Florida.

Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, equipped robbery and attempted intersexual artillery successful relationship pinch nan June 14, 1982, decease of 24-year-old Janet White successful Bay County.

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Kayle Bates, 67, is group to beryllium put to decease connected Aug. 19. (Florida Department of Corrections)

He was accused of abducting White from nan State Farm security agency wherever she worked earlier taking her into nan woods down nan building, astatine which constituent he attempted to rape her, stabbed her to death, and tore a gem ringing from 1 of her fingers, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's summary of nan case.

According to tribunal records, Bates was a transportation man for a Tallahassee insubstantial institution and had made astatine slightest 1 earlier transportation extremity astatine nan security office. 

He had surgery into nan security agency while White was connected her luncheon break and waited for her to return.

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Kayle Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, equipped robbery and attempted intersexual artillery successful nan 1982 decease of Janet White. (AP)

Last year, nan Florida Supreme Court rejected an entreaty regarding a juror from his first trial. The U.S. Supreme Court besides denied a petition connected June 30.

Bates' attorney, James Driscoll Jr., said he would beryllium filing further appeals successful nan case.

"We judge his execution would break nan U.S. constitution," he told The Associated Press.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Bates' decease warrant connected Friday, conscionable 3 days aft nan authorities executed Michael Bell for shooting and sidesplitting 2 group extracurricular a barroom successful 1993 arsenic portion of an attempted revenge killing.

Kayle Bates' lawyer said he would beryllium filing further appeals successful nan case. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Bell was nan eighth personification executed successful Florida this year, and a ninth is scheduled for later this month. The authorities put six group to decease successful 2023, but only 1 execution happened past year.

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Bell was nan 26th personification to beryllium executed successful nan U.S. truthful acold this twelvemonth successful nan U.S., exceeding nan 25 executions carried retired past year. This is nan highest number of executions since 2015, erstwhile 28 group crossed nan state were put to death.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.