Oldest Executed in Florida at 80 | Leeds News

Leeds News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 29, 2026 · 1m

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…