# Florida governor signs death warrant for pedophile crab fisherman, 80, who murdered girl, 7, then threw body into Tampa Bay: He’ll break state’s record for most killers executed in a year

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/florida-governor-signs-death-warrant-for-pedophile-crab-fisherman-80-who-murdered-girl-7-then-threw-body-into-tampa-bay-hell-break-states-record-for-most-killers-executed-in-a-year/
- Published: 2026-11-11T17:12:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T17:21:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284315/florida-willie-crain-jr-death-row.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Crain is scheduled for execution on 10 December.
- Amanda Brown disappeared in 1998 and was never found.
- Florida’s 22nd execution this year would set a state record.

## Summary

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Willie Crain Jr, 80, who was convicted of murdering seven-year-old Amanda Brown in 1998. Crain is scheduled to be executed on 10 December; the execution would make this Florida’s highest annual total, with 22 executions this year.

Brown disappeared after spending the night with Crain and her mother, whom investigators said he had drugged with sleeping pills. Her body was never found, but investigators found traces of her blood in Crain’s bathroom and on his underwear, and said he had tried to clean the bathroom with bleach. Crain was sentenced to death in 1999 and given a life sentence for kidnapping; the Florida Supreme Court upheld the convictions and sentences in 2004. He had previously served six years of a 20-year sentence for sexual battery offences involving girls under 11.

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