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Gary Ray Bowles, who said he hated gay people, will be executed in August for the 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville.
Gary Ray Bowles, 57, a serial killer who reportedly targeted gay men, will be executed August 22 in Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Bowles's death warrant Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Bowles was convicted of murdering three men and was sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville.
Bowles had helped Hinton move items into his home and then stayed with Hinton for a time. One night while Hinton was sleeping, Bowles killed him by dropping a concrete block onto his head and then strangling him, according to the AP.
Bowles confessed to the murder and told police he hated gay people, the AP reports. He also confessed to killing men in Georgia and Maryland as well as Florida.
A jury unanimously sentenced Bowles to death for Hinton's murder (he had received life sentences for the other convictions). His attorney appealed, saying jurors did not agree on all key points of the case. Last year the Florida Supreme Court denied a request for resentencing, Orlando Weekly notes.
