Tallahassee, Florida– A man convicted of shooting a man and a woman during a home robbery and later confessed to three more murders is scheduled to be executed in December under a death warrant signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is preparing a death warrant. Record pace of executions.
Frank Athen Walls, 58, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on December 18 in a Florida state prison. Walls will be the 19th person to be executed in Florida in 2025, as DeSantis has presided over more executions in a single year than any other governor in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The previous record was set in 2014 with eight executions.
DeSantis signed the death warrant two days before his execution Richard Barry Randolph. Another convicted murderer, Mark Allen Geraldsis scheduled to die on December 9.
Walls was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, burglary and robbery and was sentenced to death in 1988. The Florida Supreme Court later overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial, where Walls was again convicted and sentenced to death in 1992.
According to court records, Walls broke into the mobile home in the Florida Panhandle of Eglin Air Force Base Airman Edward Alger and his girlfriend, Anne Peterson, in July 1987. Walls restrained the couple, but Alger was able to break free and attack Walls. The walls cut Alger’s throat and shot him in the head when the pilot continued fighting. Walls then went to attack Peterson and shot her as she struggled.
Walls was arrested the day after the bodies were found when his roommate reported Walls’ strange behavior to police. While searching the home, investigators reported finding items from the crime scene, and Walls later confessed to the murders.
After his conviction, DNA evidence linked Walls to the May 1987 rape and murder of Audrey Giggi. Walls pleaded no contest, avoiding another trial and possible death penalty. Walls also admitted responsibility for the murders of Tommy Lou Weedon in March 1985 and Cynthia Sue Condra in September 1986 as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Walls’ attorneys are expected to file appeals with the Florida Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
yet 43 people They are executed in the United States in 2025. The state of Florida is leading the way with a series of death warrants signed by DeSantis. The state’s last execution was lethal injection on November 13 Brian Frederick JenningsWho was convicted of raping and killing his neighbor.