More than three and a half decades after a brutal crime that shocked a Brevard County community, the State of Florida has executed 58-year-old Chadwick Scott Willacy. He was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.

Chadwick Willacy bludgeoned, strangled, and robbed Marlys Mae Sather before setting her on fire while she was still alive.

Florida executed Chadwick Willacy on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Florida State Prison for the 1990 murder of his next-door neighbor.

Chadwick Scott Willacy, 58, received a three-drug injection and was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1990 killing of Marlys Sather.

Chadwick Willacy maintained his innocence before Florida executed him for the first-degree murder of elderly neighbor Marlys Sather, set on fire in 1990.

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

On Tuesday, April 21, at 6:15 p.m., the state of Florida pronounced Chadwick Willacy dead at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was 58 years old and had spent more than three decades on death row ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire after she returned from work to find him burglarizing her home was executed Tuesday evening. Southern California mayor resigns, will ...