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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for convicted serial killer Frank Walls, scheduled for Dec. 18.

Walls was convicted in the 1987 murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson and has been linked to three other killings.

The execution would be Florida's 19th this year, more than doubling the previous modern-era record of eight.

In what could be Florida’s record 19th execution this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a death warrant for an inmate convicted in the 1987 murders of two people in a home in Okaloosa County.

, 58, is scheduled to be executed Dec. 18 in the murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson. The warrant came as the state prepares to execute Richard Barry Randolph on Thursday and is slated to execute Mark Allen Geralds on Dec. 9.

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