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POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — After spending nearly three decades on death row, a man will be executed next month for the “brutal” murder of a woman who he attacked and beat with a hammer at her Polk County home.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Wednesday for convicted murderer Curtis Wilkie Beasley, who is now 77 years old. Beasley’s execution is set to take place at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29 at Florida State Prison.
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Beasley was convicted of bludgeoning Carolyn Monfort to death in May 1998 and was sentenced to be executed, according to state records. The murder took place about two years prior, on Aug. 21, 1995…