Florida Man Gets Death Penalty for Insurance Office Murder

May 2, 2011

A Florida man has been sentenced to death for the murders of two women he doused with gasoline and set on fire during the robbery of a Nationwide Insurance office.

A Polk County judge sentenced 33-year-old Leon Davis Jr. on Friday. A jury convicted Davis in February of three counts of first-degree murder, one for each woman and a third for one woman’s prematurely born child. The same jurors voted 8-4 that Davis should die.

Prosecutors say Davis robbed a Lake Wales insurance office in December 2007. During the robbery, he poured gasoline over two employees — 26-year-old Yvonne Bustamante and 23-year-old Juanita Luciano — and set them on fire. Both died later from the burns, along with Luciano’s newborn son.

Topics Florida

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  • May 10, 2011 at 1:09 pm
    Sarah says:
    I think there has to be a special place in hell for this piece of sh*t.
  • May 9, 2011 at 1:51 pm
    Orwell says:
    There's a time for political statements, but this was not one of them. What kind of loot did this POS think he was going to get out of these poor victims, or was he only there... read more
  • May 9, 2011 at 10:51 am
    LM says:
    How could anyone vote not to put this SOB to death. What if it were their daughter or sister. I'll bet they would have voted death then.

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