Florida man executed for killing a young mom who had called 911 to no avail

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for killing a young mother who frantically called 911 from her attacker’s cellphone while tied up in his car.

Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping in the 2008 killing of Denise Amber Lee, 21.

The curtain to the death chamber went up at 6 p.m., the scheduled execution time...