A man that had been convicted of the abduction and murder of a woman by an insurance agency to Florida was executed on Tuesday night.

THE 67 -year -old Kale Bates He was found dead at 6:17 pm, after a deadly injection of three drugs, in the Florida prison near Stark, based on a execution warrant signed by Republican Governor Ron Dassadis. It was the 10th death penalty that was executed this year in Florida, a record number for the state within one year. Two more executions are scheduled for next month.

According to Dasadis spokeswoman Alex Lanfranconi, Bates replied “no” when asked if he wanted to say some last words, shortly before the injection process began.

Florida uses a combination of three drugs for the executions: a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart.

The penitentiary reported that Bates woke up at 5:15 am on Tuesday morning and received three visitors – his daughter, sister and groom. He refused to receive a “last meal” and did not meet a spiritual adviser.

From the return of the death penalty to the US in 1976, the previous highest annual Florida executions were eight in 2014. This year, Florida has executed more people than any other state, followed by Texas and South Caroline, with four executions, with one each.

Dessandis has signed at least 20 execution warrants since he took over 2019 and, according to the Dpic Information Center (DPIC), has never convened a grace for a prisoner waiting for execution.

Bates had been convicted of first -degree homicide, abduction, armed robbery and attempted sexual abuse for Janet White’s murder on June 14, 1982, in Bay County in Florida. According to court documents, she kidnapped her from the office where she worked, led her to a forest area, attempted to rape her, stabbed her deadly and removed her diamond ring.

His lawyers appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court, as well as federal action, arguing that the procedure for signing Dasadis’s execution warrants was discreet. The lawsuit was recently rejected due to problems in the analysis of statistics.

The Florida Supreme Court has recently rejected Bates’ requests, including the claim that there were not sufficient evidence of organic brain injury during the second phase of the sentence. The court ruled that it had three decades to put forward these allegations. On Tuesday afternoon, the US Supreme Court rejected its last appeals to suspend execution.

59 -year -old Curtis Windom is expected to be executed on August 28, while 63 -year -old David Pitman is scheduled to be executed on September 17.

So far, in 2025, 29 men have been executed in the US, and at least nine more executions are scheduled for seven states by the end of the year.

The last time he was granted thanks to a furious in Florida was in 1983, due to the doubts of then Governor Bob Graham about the prisoner’s guilt. Since 1973, on average four deaths have proved innocent every year in the US. Florida has recorded 30 such cases, more than any other state.

According to DPIC, Florida has the second largest death wing in the US with 278 prisoners (first California with 585).