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.
Florida executed Chadwick Willacy on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Florida State Prison for the 1990 murder of his next-door neighbor.
Chadwick Willacy bludgeoned, strangled, and robbed Marlys Mae Sather before setting her on fire while she was still alive.