A grieving husband witnessed the Tuesday execution of the man who abducted and killed his wife from a Florida insurance office over four decades ago — stating he “made a promise” to see her tragic case through.

Randy White, 70, lost his wife, Janet Renee White, after she was abducted, raped, and stabbed to death by Kayle Bates in 1982 — just minutes after he last said goodbye to her, USA Today reported. 3

Bates, 67, died by lethal injection at 6:17 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It was the state’s 10th death sentence carried out in 2025.

The execution gave the widower long-awaited relief that he had finally reached the end of a nearly 43-year battle for justice in his wife’s killing.

“I made a promise to her r

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