Fla. killer Gore set to die by lethal injection (AP) ? A Florida inmate was set to be executed Thursday, nearly three decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose failed escape attempt ended a string of rapes and slayings that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach. About two years ago she was in a coma, and doctors told her son to begin making funeral arrangements. Gore met with a spiritual adviser and was visited by his mother and an ex-wife. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a final appeal less than two hours before the scheduled execution. The justices rejected an argument that Gore's death sentence should be lifted because a prior appellate attorney failed to locate a key witness for a claim that his trial lawyers were negligent during the case's penalty phase. After his arrest, Gore admitted to killing three other girls and two women and led authorities to the bodies of four of the victims. Even though there's no doubt he committed the crimes and although he showed no remorse for the killings, Gore managed to stretch out his appeals and remain on death row 28 years after he was condemned. Gov. Rick Scott signed his death warrant after the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers asked him about the case. While Gore says Waterfield was his partner throughout the killing spree, this was the only case that earned Waterfield a murder conviction.
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