Story by the Associated Press; curated by Oliver Darcy.
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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man for the 1994 rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl.
#BREAKING: STARKE, Fla. - Florida executes man convicted in 1994 rape, murder of girl; state's 6th execution in 2014. pic.twitter.com/HXfPiVdzLE
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Eddie Wayne Davis was executed by lethal injection Thursday at 6:43 p.m. It was the state's sixth execution this year, and 13th in the past two.
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement shows Eddie Wayne Davis. Davis, 45, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Florida State Prison for the 1995 conviction in the killing of 11-year-old Kimberly Waters. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Law Enforcement, File)
The 45-year-old Davis was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in the slaying of Kimberly Waters, the daughter of a woman Davis had dated briefly.
According to court documents, Davis broke into his ex-girlfriend's trailer seeking money for beer, found Waters sleeping and raped her. Prosecutors say he then took her to a nearby Moose Lodge, where he beat her and suffocated her with a piece of plastic.
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