Mark Geralds given three-drug injection for 1989 stabbing of Tressa Pettibone in state’s 18th execution this year
Mark Geralds given three-drug injection for 1989 stabbing of Tressa Pettibone in state’s 18th execution this year
A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening in Florida.
Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6.15pm following a three-drug injection at Florida state prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone. The execution was the 18th in Florida this year, further extending the state record for total executions in a single year with one more planned next week.
Asked if he had any last words, Geralds addressed someone by name, but the name was inaudible. He said: “I’m sorry that I missed you.” He then added: “I loved you every day.”
Once the drugs began flowing, he took about a dozen deep breaths. His body then quivered and twitched, his mouth opening and closing. Within three or four minutes, Geralds became still.
Pettibone was attacked in her home on 1 February 1989.
