A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and 2 others dies in prison, officials say
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A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and 2 others dies in prison, officials say

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and two other people more than 40 years ago has died in prison, officials said. Paul Beasley Johnson, 74, died Saturday while receiving ongoing medical treatment while in the custody of the Union County Correctional Institution in north Florida, a Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release said. “Three innocent people were violently and viciously murdered that night in 1981 during an all-night meth-induced crime spree, and I personally lost a good friend in Deputy Theron Burnham,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement. In January of that year, Johnson shot and killed cabdriver William Evans and then set the victim’s vehicle on fire, officials said.

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