Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melvin Trotter was executed on Feb. 24, 2026 for the 1986 killing of Virgie Langford in a Palmetto grocery store. Florida's ...

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death Tuesday in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 executions in 2025.

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death Tuesday in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 ...

PALMETTO, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set Tuesday evening to become the second person executed in Florida this year. Melvin Trotter, 65, is scheduled to ...

A man convicted of killing a Palmetto grocery store owner during a 1986 robbery was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Melvin Trotter ...