Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death

A Florida man was executed Wednesday for breaking into a woman's home and stabbing her to death in 1986, a crime committed months after he was released from prison for rape.

Darryl B. Barwick, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal for a stay of execution earlier in the day.

Barwick didn't meet in person with family members, but had spoken with them by phone in recent days, prison officials said before the scheduled 6 p.m. execution time. Officials said no relatives of the victim had been scheduled to witness the execution.