Oldest Executed in Florida at 80 | Leeds News

At 80 years old, Dominick Occhicone became the oldest person executed in Florida — and the second-oldest in U.S. history — for a 1986 double murder that shocked the nation. He stormed into his ex-girlfriend’s parents’ home, cut the phone line, shot her father, then pursued her and her daughter — who escaped — before fatally shooting her mother. The surviving father identified him before dying in the hospital. Occhicone claimed it was impulsive, not premeditated — but a jury didn’t buy it. After nearly 40 years on death row, his final appeal was denied by the Florida Supreme Court. His execution came just hours after another, marking the first double executions in Florida since 1964. Governor Ron DeSantis has overseen a surge in Florida’s death penalty activity — even as executions decline nationwide — with Florida now responsible for nearly half of all U.S. executions since 2025. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1f5c25cd72b79ea6