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A Florida man who dropped all appeals has been executed for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed STARKE, Fla. -- A Florida man who recently dropped all legal appeals was executed Thursday for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed. James Phillip Barnes, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke. Lying on a gurney, Barnes appeared to already have his eyes shut when the curtain was opened for witnesses. He didn't respond when prison officials asked if he had a final statement, and he remained motionless except for breathing for about 10 minutes until that stopped. A doctor then pronounced him dead. The 61-year-old inmate was sentenced to death for the murder of nurse Patricia “Patsy” Miller. It was the fifth execution in Florida this year. One of the victim's siblings, And...

Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier — a lethal injection that's expected to proceed on schedule after he dropped all legal appeals and said he wants to accept his punishment. James Phillip Barnes, 61, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke. He would be the fifth person put to death in the state this year. Barnes was serving a life sentence for the 1997 strangulation of his wife, 44-year-old Linda Barnes, when he wrote letters in 2005 to a state prosecutor claiming responsibility for the killing years earlier of Patricia “Patsy” Miller, a nurse who lived in a condominium in Melbourne, along Florida's east coast. Barnes represented himself in court hearings where he offered no defense, pleaded g...

A woman who dated the man accused of killing his wife speaks exclusively with ABC News' Matt Gutman. The woman who was dating a Colorado dentist at the time he was allegedly poisoning his wife to death spoke exclusively to ABC News about the case and maintains she had no idea James Craig had lied to her about his marital status during their dates. Karin Cain told ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman that she doesn't believe she was the motive behind Angela Craig's alleged poisoning because there was "no planning a future together" with James Craig. In fact, they had only been dating for three weeks and she said James Craig told her that he and his wife were not together. Karin Cain, who dated murder suspect James Craig, speaks with ABC News' Matt Gutman in July 2023. ABC News "If I had known what was true, I would not have been with this person," Cain told ABC News. MORE: Colorado dentist arrested in wife's 'complex and calculat...

Three young brothers – aged just 7, 4 and 3-years-old – have allegedly been shot and killed by their father and their mother has been wounded at a home in Ohio. Three young brothers -- aged just 7, 4 and 3-years-old -- have allegedly been shot and killed by their father and their mother has been wounded at a home in Ohio, police said. The triple homicide occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Thursday when authorities the Clermont County Communications Center received a call from an unknown female who was screaming that “her babies had been shot.” A second call was placed just three minutes later from a person passing by who reported a young female running down the street screaming that “her father was killing everyone.” MORE: Young couple shot dead by their landlord over alleged tenant dispute, police say Clermont County Sheriff’s Road Patrol Deputies immediately responded to the residence on Laurel Lindale Road in Monroe Township, approximately 26 miles southeast of downtown Cinc...

The Missouri Supreme Court has turned aside an appeal by a man scheduled to be executed in August for killing a 6-year-old girl The Missouri Supreme Court has turned aside an appeal by a man scheduled to be executed in August for killing a 6-year-old girl. Johnny Johnson, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder in in the 2002 death of Casey Williamson in suburban St. Louis. He faces execution Aug. 1 unless the courts intervene or Republican Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency. Johnson's lawyers said in the appeal that he is incom Pet ent to be executed because his schizophrenia prevents him from understanding the link between his crime and the punishment. The appeal said Johnson has delusions about the devil using his death to bring about the end of the world. The Missouri Attorney General's Office challenged the credibilty of the psychiatric evaluation and said medical records indicate that Johnson is able to manage his mental illness through medication. The state Supreme Co...

A man convicted of killing four passengers in his Mercedes Benz SUV in Minnesota and dumping the bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield has been sentenced to 103 years in prison MINNEAPOLIS -- A man convicted of killing four passengers in his Mercedes Benz SUV in Minnesota and dumping the bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield has been sentenced to 103 years in prison. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that Judge JaPaul Harris on Monday sentenced 39-year-old Antoine Suggs of Scottsdale, Arizona, to consecutive sentences for the killing s of Jasmine Sturm, 30; her brother, Matthew Pet tus, 26; her boyfriend, Loyace Foreman III, 35; and her friend, Nitosha Flug-Presley, 30. Sturm, Pet tus and Foreman were from St. Paul, Minnesota. Flug-Presley was from Stillwater, Minnesota. Suggs was convicted in April of four counts of second-degree murder in the September 2021 deaths. He testified that he shot the four in self-defense because he thought they were going to rob him. Prosecutors said his mot...

Jurors have reached a verdict in the Aaron Dean trial concerning the death of Atatiana Jefferson. A jury has found former police officer Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot in her Fort Worth, Texas, home in 2019. The jury considered both a murder charge and a lesser charge of manslaughter during its deliberations, according to Judge George Gallagher. Manslaughter is a second-degree felony according to Texas penal code. It's punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Dean's sentence will be decided by the jury. The sentencing phase will begin Friday morning at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Throughout the five days of testimony, the jury heard from Jefferson's now-11-year-old nephew Zion Carr, who was in the room when she was shot. MORE: Atatiana Jefferson death: Jury begins deliberations in murder trial Jurors also heard from Dean's partner that night, Officer Carol Da...