Bay County

Florida has executed a man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986. Authorities say 56-year-old Darryl B. Barwick was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke. Barwick had confessed to killing 24-year-old Rebecca Wendt in her Panama City apartment on March 31, 1986, after...

A man convicted of breaking into a woman’s Florida Panhandle apartment and fatally stabbing her 37 times in 1986 is set to be executed next month. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Monday, setting Darryl B. Barwick’s execution for May 3 at 6 p.m. According to court records, Rebecca Wendt was sunbathing at her Panama City apartment complex...