A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during a home invasion robbery more than 30 years ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida.

Mark Allen Geralds , 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone. The Florida Supreme Court later vacated the sentence but affirmed the conviction, and Geralds was resentenced to death in 1992.

Asked if he had any last words, Geralds addressed someone by name, but the name was inaudible. He said, "I'm sorry that I missed you." He then added, "I loved you every day."

Once the drugs began flowing, he took about a dozen deep breaths. His body then quivered and twitched, his mouth opening and closing. Within three or four minutes, Geralds became

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