Florida executes man convicted of killing eight women in 1984

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Florida executes man convicted of killing eight women in 1984
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'I pull over, they get in, I drive a little ways, stop, pull a knife, a gun, whatever, tie them up, take them out. And that would be it,' he said, according to court documents.

Robert"Bobby" Long. Long, 65, a convicted serial killer was executed on May 23, 2019. Long plead guilty to the killing of 8 women in the Tampa, Florida, area in 1984.A 65-year-old man known as one of Florida's most notorious serial killers who had been convicted of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing eight women in 1984 was executed on Thursday.

Investigators said Long's crime spree began in the early 1980s when he answered ads for household goods for sale in local newspapers placed by women, went to their homes and sexually assaulted them. Long was arrested for kidnapping Lisa McVey, 17, as she biked home from her job at a donut shop in Tampa in September 1984.

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