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Duane Eugene Owen (February 13, 1961 – June 15, 2023) was an American convicted murderer who raped and killed Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden in Delray Beach and Boca Raton, Florida in 1984. Owen was sentenced to death for the murders and was executed in 2023.
- Duane Owen's Appeals: Was He Competent to Be executed?
- Only Two Palm Beach County Murder Cases Ended in Executions
- Duane Owen Struggled with Gender Dysphoria
- Florida One of 24 States Still Executing Inmates
- What Might Karen Slattery, Georgianna Worden Be Doing Had They Lived?
During his trials and in numerous appeals afterward, Owen's attorneys have consistently argued that he was mentally incompetent. That argument was the basis of last-days appeals to the Florida Supreme Court, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court rejected that argument on June 5, and the 11th Circ...
The last person put to death in Florida for a crime committed in Palm Beach County was William Van Poyck, who was executed in 2013 for the 1987 murder of a Glades Correctional Institution guard, who was taking a fellow prisoner to a doctor in downtown West Palm Beach. Only one other case from the county ended in an execution: Nollie Lee Martin was ...
Those problems may well have stemmed from another Owen struggled with — gender dysphoria, which occurs when there is a conflict between the sex a person is assigned at birth and the sex with which that person identifies. Many with gender dysphoria suffer anxiety, depression and often turn to drug or alcohol abuse. Owen's attorneys have argued that,...
Florida is one of 24 states where the death penalty remains in place. Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty, and three — Pennsylvania, California and Oregon — have governor-imposed moratoriums in place, according to a review by DPIC. In those states where the practice remains, it often takes on aspects that are both rote — protests a...
Who might Slattery be today? She was a freshman at Pope John Paul High, a diving star good enough to get a tryout with the U.S. national team. She had just had her braces removed. And what of Worden? She had moved to Boca Raton from Syracuse, N.Y., with her husband, John, in 1971. The pair divorced in 1977, and Worden relied on a job as an executiv...
- Wayne Washington
- Staff Writer
A nearly 40-year-old saga will come to an end with Thursday night's scheduled execution of Duane Owen, who murdered Karen Slattery, a 14-year-old babysitter in Delray Beach, and Georgianna...
- peter.burke@wptv.com
- Digital Executive Producer
Dec 9, 2020 · Duane Eugene Owen, born February 13, 1961, is a convicted felon, murderer, and sex offender. Apart from Karen Slattery’s slaying, which took place on March 24, 1984, he is also responsible for the death of a single mother, Georgianna Worden.
Jul 22, 2022 · He got a new trial in 1999 in Slattery's death where he claimed he was insane, looking for hormones that night so he could become a woman. The jury didn't buy it and sentenced him again...
Mar 9, 2020 · Accused killer Kalen Schlatter started testifying in his own defence Monday at his first-degree murder trial in the death of Toronto woman Tess Richey, and told the jury that she was alive...
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