All it’s essential know as Death Row killer taunts sufferer’s household with twisted final phrases
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Chadwick Scott Willacy was sentenced to death after he broke into his neighbour’s house, struck her in the head with a blunt object, tied her up and set her on fire while she was still alive
Chadwick Willacy was executed in Florida(Image: Florida Department of Corrections/AFP via Getty Images)
Need to know: Death Row Killer’s Final Taunt Before Execution for Brutal Murder
- A death row murderer apologised to his victim’s family before being executed but used his final words to taunt them by insisting “this is not right.”
- Chadwick Scott Willacy, 58, maintained his innocence over the 1990 killing of his neighbour Marlys Sather. He was given a three-drug lethal injection at 6pm at Florida State Prison on Tuesday and pronounced dead at 6.15pm.
- Before his execution, Willacy told the victim’s family: “I hope this brings you peace. If it does, that’s good. But this is not right.”
- The killer spent 36 years on death row after being convicted of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery and arson. Court records show Marlys returned home for lunch on September 5, 1990, and found Willacy burgling her house.
- Prosecutors said he struck her in the head with a blunt object, bound her hands and ankles with wire and tape, then doused her in petrol and set her on fire. An autopsy found she died from smoke inhalation, meaning she was still alive when set alight.
- The execution is Florida’s fifth of 2026, following a record 19 executions last year under Governor Ron DeSantis. After the execution, Marlys’ family said: “We have waited 36.5 years for justice for our mum.”
- READ THE FULL STORY: Death Row killer taunts victim’s family with twisted last words as he is executed
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