Hog Trail Killer Executed in Florida | Panama City Beach News

Panama City Beach News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 11, 2026 · 1m

The “Hog Trail Killer” Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. was executed by lethal injection at 72, convicted for the 1996 strangulation of 21-year-old Richard Allen Montgomery — one of five men he allegedly targeted along remote Florida dirt roads. Though he maintained innocence and fought for DNA testing and more time to appeal, courts ruled he had nearly two decades before his death warrant was issued. His nickname came from unsolved killings in the same area; he lured Montgomery with a photo gig, then killed him and wrapped his body in carpet padding. Arrested in 1997 on multiple charges including…