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Killer who raped and murdered ex-girlfriend's11-year-old daughter is executed after lastmeal of chop steak, cherry ice cream and DrPepper

Death row inmate Eddie Wayne Davis, 45, was executed Thursday at 6:30pmDavis was sentenced to death in 1995 for the rape and murder of KimberlyWaters, the daughter of a woman he briefly dated His DNA was found under Waters' fingernailsIt was Florida's sixth execution this year

By Jill Reilly and Ashley Collman

Published: 16:48, 10 July 2014 | Updated: 09:32, 11 July 2014

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Killed: Convicted rapist and murderer Eddie Wayne Davis, 45, was put to death today.

His last meal was chop steak w ith onions and gravy, home fries, Brussels sprouts,

corn, cherry ice cream and Dr Pepper

A man who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl was executed today with the victim's grandmother watchingfrom the witness chamber on behalf of her deceased mother.

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Eddie Wayne Davis, 45, declined to say any last words before receiving a three-drug injection at 6:30pm atFlorida State Prison. He was convicted in 1995 on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of KimberlyWaters, whose mother briefly dated Davis.

For his last meal, Davis ate chop steak with onions and gravy, home fries, Brussels sprouts, corn, cherryice cream and Dr Pepper.

After receiving the initial injection, Davis began muttering to himself though those in the viewing areacouldn't hear what he said since the intercom speakers were turned off.

His chest then heaved up and down for about five minutes before he became motionless. He did notappear to be in any signs of pain and was pronounced dead at 6:43pm.

Davis' mother and a spiritual adviser were the last to visit him today.

It was the sixth execution in Florida this year and the second in the state since the death penalty cameunder fresh scrutiny in April.

In late April, Oklahoma prison officials halted the execution of inmate Clayton Lockett after noting that thelethal injection drugs weren't being administered into his vein properly.

The procedure was stopped but he died of a heart attack several minutes later.

In Florida, three members of Kimberly's family say they plan to witness Davis' final moments. Mary Hobbs,Kimberly's grandmother, said her daughter - Kimberly's mother - was killed in a motorcycle crash.

Hobbs said she feels a special duty this week in seeing Davis put to death.

'I need to be there to represent my daughter and my granddaughter,' she said.

'My daughter never lived to see this happen and that just breaks my heart.'

Kimberly's mother, Beverly Schultz, had broken up with Davis after learning about his criminal history,Hobbs said.

Davis had served prison sentences for a string of burglaries. They broke up six months before Kimberly'sslaying.

Davis told police he broke into a home in the central Florida community of Lakeland on March 3, 1994,looking for beer money and said he didn't think anyone was home.

According to court documents and detectives, Davis found Kimberly sleeping in her mother's bed while hermother was working a double shift at a nursing home.

He gagged her so she wouldn't wake up her 13-year-old sister in another room.

Prosecutors said Davis took the 11-year-old girl to a trailer, raped her and later beat her.

Kimberly fought back as Davis suffocated her by pressing plastic over her face.

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It would be the sixth execution in Florida this year and the second in the state since

the death penalty came under fresh scrutiny in April

His DNA was found under her fingernails.

When she stopped breathing, he threw her body in a commercial trash bin.

'I feel he was striking back at (my daughter),' Hobbs told The Associated Press recently. 'But it wassenseless.'

In 1995, he was convicted by a jury in Polk County, a central Florida county in between Tampa andOrlando.

Florida uses three drugs - midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride - forexecutions.

The drugs are administered intravenously, intended to induce unconsciousness, paralysis and cardiacarrest. Midazolam, a sedative routinely used in surgery, has been part of the three-drug mixture since2013.

Previously, sodium thiopental was used, but its U.S. manufacturer stopped making it and Europe hasbanned its manufacturers from exporting it for executions.

Other states use the same three drugs, and they were administered in the April execution in Oklahoma.

Davis made a last-ditch effort to appeal his death sentence, maintaining that he suffers from a rare medicalcondition that would cause him extreme abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting after the first drug is

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injected. His lawyers said that the pain would violate the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusualpunishment.

On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court rejected his argument.

Hobbs said she wants the world to know that Kimberly's family still cares about her and still remembers herlife - Kimberly loved being in nature, butterflies and wildflowers.

'After 20 years, it still hurts,' said Hobbs. 'It makes you wonder, what would she have become?'

Florida's last execution happened on June 18. John Ruthell Henry, who was convicted of killing hisestranged wife and her son, was put to death; he was among three people who were executed in the U.S.during a 24-hour span in June.

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Bagpiper13, Calgary, Canada, 1 hour ago

Someone should start a not for profit lab that just makes sodium thiopental for state executions. I'd donate a few dollars.

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Bob Hamill, New York, United States, 1 hour ago

I don't understand why you need a last meal.To maintain your health?

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addison007, Raleigh, 1 hour ago

So we kept this waste of space alive for almost twice as long as his poor victim lived! We need to get this appeal processdown to 5 years max.

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bostonjoe, Boston, United States, 1 hour ago

Bon Voyage!!!!!!

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Muloc, Central Aztlan, United States, 1 hour ago

This story should be filed under Civic Improvements.

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Scobbydotwo, Union, United States, 1 hour ago

One more gone and many others on death row should follow very quickly.

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Dcblacqua, Chandler, United States, 1 hour ago

Wouldn't it be lovely if we all exited earth in such a quiet, pain free manner. It almost seems wrong. What's to be afraid ofwhen someone says "Man, they give the death penalty for that!! " if you know what a gentle exit it is. Don't have anysuggestions but I see people suffer so on their way out then this guy has a steak dinner, some Versed and is asleep beforethe drugs that stop his heart take affect w no fear or pain. I guess it's God's call but it is perplexing.

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Grace Namwila, kent, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

Hell and everlasting torment is your final abode ta ra!!

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lil, all over the, United States, 1 hour ago

We need too make room in prisons ther should be a daily executions for people like this instead waiting a plus amount ofyears

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AngelaS, Denver, 1 hour ago

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