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Sex Crimes

Florida executes man convicted in 1994 rape, murder of girl; state's 7th execution this year

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    FILE - This undated photo provided by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement shows Eddie Wayne Davis. Davis, 45, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Florida State Prison for the 1995 conviction in the killing of 11-year-old Kimberly Waters. Davis kidnapped, raped and murdered the daughter of a woman he had dated briefly in 1994. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Law Enforcement, File) (The Associated Press)

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    Father Phillip Egitto of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Daytona Beach, Fla. rings a bell marking Eddie Wayne Davis' execution as protesters against the death penalty demonstrate in front of the Florida State Prison near Starke, Fla. on Thursday, July 10, 2014. The 45-year-old Davis was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in the slaying of Kimberly Waters, the daughter of a woman Davis had dated briefly. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) (The Associated Press)

STARKE, Fla. – Florida has executed a man for the 1994 rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl.

Eddie Wayne Davis was executed by lethal injection Thursday at 6:43 p.m. It was the state's seventh execution this year.

The 45-year-old Davis was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in the slaying of Kimberly Waters, the daughter of a woman Davis had dated briefly.

According to court documents, Davis broke into his ex-girlfriend's trailer seeking money for beer, found Waters sleeping and raped her. Prosecutors say he then took her to a nearby Moose Lodge, where he beat her and suffocated her with a piece of plastic.