James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was executed by way of three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Hitchcock was initially sentenced to death in 1977 after being convicted of first-degree murder in the July 31, 1976, killing of Cynthia Driggers.

A Florida man convicted of killing his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago has been put to death.