After 28 years on death row, Gore’s death sentence was executed on Thursday. Some say nearly three decade worth of appeals on someone who admitted to six murders was way too long.
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Before former State Attorney Bob Stone in 1984 convicted David Alan Gore for murdering Lynn Elliott the year before, he visited her grave and vowed he’d see justice was done in her case. He kept that promise Thursday by attending Gore’s execution via lethal injection — the first death sentence the former prosecutor, now private attorney, had ever witnessed.
See the Indian River Press Journal front pages from April 9-13, 2012, leading up to and after serial killer David Alan Gore’s execution on April 12.
Law enforcement, victims’ families and others made statements after Gore was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. Thursday. Gore also made a final verbal and written statement.
A lethal injection killed Gore, 58, shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke, state Department of Corrections officials announced. Gore gave a hand-written statement before the execution process started.
On the day Lynn Elliottwas abducted in July 1983, she would have spent the summer day with friends at Wabasso Beach. Organizing via Facebook, her friends will gather at the beach at 6 p.m. Thursday as state officials are scheduled to execute the man convicted of killing the teenaged girl.
During the 1:30 p.m. update, Howard said Gore was being visited by a religious advisor, but she didn’t say who it was, what religion the advisor represented or what they discussed. He spent an hour visiting with his mother Velma Gore and an ex-wife, Howard said. She didn’t say which of Gore’s three wives had visited him. Gore also has received his last meal, Howard confirmed.
When Mike Byer learned David Alan Gore was scheduled to be executed Thursday evening, he said he wasn’t sure he wanted to travel from North Carolina to watch the confessed serial killer die.
When David Alan Gore wakes up Thursday — the day of his scheduled execution — he will have more interaction with people than he has had since his death warrant was signed six weeks ago.
David Gore has been under strict supervision since Gov. Rick Scott has signed his death warrant. Here is a summary of his restrictions, including what he is expected to do on his final day.
