Florida man scheduled for execution in connection to Hog Trail Murders
Daniel Owen Conahan Jr’s sentence will make him the state’s 15th person executed this year
TL;DR
- Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. is scheduled for execution in Florida for the 1996 murder of Richard Allen Montgomery.
- The murder is linked to the "Hog Trail Murders," a series of killings in the 1990s where multiple bodies were found in a wooded area.
- Conahan, convicted of kidnapping and strangling Montgomery, maintains his innocence and has sought DNA testing.
- Florida has carried out a significant number of executions this year under Governor Ron DeSantis.
- The Florida Supreme Court denied Conahan's final appeals, including requests for further DNA testing.