Carmen Gayheart, age 23

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Lost to gun violence on April 27, 1994 in Fort White, Florida.

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Jun 7: USA TODAY: She stopped at the grocery store before picking up her kids. She was never seen alive again
WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News: Family remembers murder victim Carmen Gayheart as calls for clemency grow for her killer Anthony Wainwright

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NBC News: Florida executes man convicted of raping and killing a woman 3 decades ago
WPBF: Man set to be executed in Florida in 1994 killing of Carmen Gayheart
WPBF: Grief-stricken family still waiting for daughter's killers to be executed 20 years later

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