William Happ was executed by the State of Florida for the murder of Angie Crowley
According to court documents Happ would sexually assault and murder Angie Crowley. Through the use of DNA and fingerprints Happ was tied to the crime
Happ would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Happ would be executed on October 15 2013
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William Happ was executed on October 15 2013
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A death row prisoner confessed to killing a South Florida woman moments before he was executed Tuesday, according to the South Florida SunSentinel.
William Happ, 51, was executed for the 1986 rape and strangulation of Angie Crowley, whom he encountered by chance at a convenience store parking lot.
Happ was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. He was executed by lethal injection.
Moments before he was to be executed, Happ confessed and offered his “most sincere and heartfelt apologies” to Crowley’s family members in attendance. Happ had previously maintained his innocence.
“I pray the good lord forgives me for my sins,” Happ said. “But I can certainly understand why those concerned here cannot.”
Crowley, 21, moved to South Florida from Oregon, Ill., just five months before her murder. She was traveling to visit a friend in north Florida when she stopped in Crystal River to use a pay phone at a convenience store.
Happ just happened to be there. He smashed the window to the car and kidnapped Crowley. He raped and then strangled her with her stretch pants and threw her body in a canal.
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