Florida Executes Conahan in Hog Trail Case | California News

0:00It's September 11th. I'm Cory with the story. This is California News Today, driven by AI. Florida carried out its 15th execution this year on Thursday, putting Daniel Owen Cahnahan Jr. age 72 to death. He was convicted of the kidnapping and strangulation of Richard Allen Montgomery back in 1996. Montgomery's body was discovered in a wooded area that became known for the hog trail murders, where remains of at least six people were found over. Three years, Cahnahan was considered a person of interest in the other deaths linked to the hog trail murders, but he was never charged for those. The investigation into these killings, which involved mutilated bodies found in swampy, wooded locations, gained significant media attention throughout the 90s and beyond. Investigators believed the killer was targeting homeless men. The first body was found in February 1994 by Hunters and more followed. Cahnahan was arrested in 1996 after a man claimed Cahnahan had lured him to a remote area.

1:03Cahnahan waved his right to a jury trial and was convicted by a judge in August 1999. More recently, in 2007, eight bodies were found in four mires with four identified victims being homeless and showing similar injuries. To the Charlotte County victims, Cahnahan was a gin named a person of interest, but no charges were filed for those cases. Many members of a hog trail victim expressed that they would celebrate Cahnahan's death. Ford has been very active with executions this year, accounting for more than half of the total in the United States. Cahnahan's execution was carried out using a three-drug lethal injection. Another execution is scheduled for September 29th.