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Florida man faces execution for 1996 killing connected to ‘Hog Trail Murders’ in woods
The Florida Supreme Court denied his final appeals, and officials say the case is tied to at least six suspected killings of homeless men.
- Florida is scheduled to execute Daniel Conahan Jr. on Thursday, September 10, 2026, for the 1996 murder of 21-year-old Richard Allen Montgomery, making him the state's 15th execution this year.
- The killings, dubbed the "Hog Trail Murders" for the wooded locations where bodies surfaced, spanned 1994 to 1996; detectives linked Conahan to the crimes after a survivor testified about an attempted attack.
- A man claiming to be an attack survivor led police to Conahan, then a 42-year-old out-of-work nurse. Prosecutors called the murders "a dark fantasy" targeting homeless men.
- Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, this execution represents the state's 15th this year, drawing criticism from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, who allege he is "increasingly treating executions as routine instruments of political power."
- Last week, the Florida Supreme Court denied Conahan's final appeals, including DNA testing requests. Conahan maintains his innocence, claiming conviction rested on circumstantial evidence, as U.S. executions surge overall.
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Florida man faces execution for 1996 killing connected to ‘Hog Trail Murders’ in woods - Regional Media News
A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the "Hog Trail Murders" in the 1990s was scheduled Thursday to become the state's 15th person executed this year. Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to die for [...]
Florida man faces execution for 1996 killing connected to ‘Hog Trail Murders’ in woods – WTOP News
A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s was scheduled Thursday to become the state’s 15th person executed this year. Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose...
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