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Florida Man Scheduled for Execution After 1986 Murder

  • Darryl B. Barwick broke into Rebecca Wendt's home in 1986 intending to rob her but ended up stabbing her 37 times when she resisted, according to authorities.
  • Barwick had been released from prison just three months prior for raping another woman at knifepoint, officials said.
  • Barwick confessed to the murder and was linked to the crime through physical evidence and witness testimony, law enforcement stated..
  • This will be the third execution in Florida this year and the 102nd since 1976, according to state records.
  • Wendt's murder was described as a brutal stabbing after Barwick watched her sunbathing, reports indicated.
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