Overview
- Randolph, 63, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke.
- The U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal on Thursday after Florida’s high court rejected a late challenge citing lupus.
- He was convicted in 1989 of murdering convenience store manager Minnie Ruth McCollum during a robbery attempt in Palatka.
- Investigators said he confessed the attack the day of the crime and led police to discarded bloody clothing; McCollum died six days later.
- Randolph’s death brought the U.S. total to 44 executions in 2025, with two additional Florida executions scheduled in December.