A Florida man convicted of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from her bedroom and drowning her in a canal more than 40 years ago was put to death on Thursday night.

Bryan Jennings, 66, was declared dead shortly after 6:20 p.m at the Florida State Prison. Jennings died by lethal injection, according to the Associated Press. Jenning's execution marks the 16th execution in Florida this year.

He was sentenced to death in 1979 for the abduction, rape, and brutal killing of 6-year-old Rebecca "becky" Kunash in Brevard County.

According to records, Jennings, a 20-year-old Marine at the time, was in Florida on leave from service in Japan. He reportedly had been drinking at a bar and, while walking home, opened the window to the little girl's bedroom at her Merritt Island home and took her.

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