Overview
- Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. ET after receiving a three-drug lethal injection at the state prison.
- Beasley was convicted in 1998 of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto for the 1995 bludgeoning death of 62-year-old Carolyn Monfort; investigators say he stole her car, traveled to Miami and later was arrested in Alabama under a false name.
- His lawyers argued in last-minute appeals that Beasley suffers cognitive decline and 'brain fog' and that executing him would violate the Eighth Amendment, but the Florida Supreme Court denied that claim on Sept. 22 and a final U.S. Supreme Court filing remained pending.
- The state counted Beasley as the 16th person executed in Florida in 2026 and the seventh prisoner over 70 to be put to death this year, statistics that underline Florida's outsized share of U.S. executions in 2026.
- The case has intensified ethical and legal questions about executing elderly and potentially cognitively impaired inmates, and it could shape further competency reviews, last-minute federal appeals, and how governors schedule executions going forward.