Cuban immigrant executed for 1995 murder of Florida boy

Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:40 pm EST

(Reuters) - Cuban immigrant Juan Carlos Chavez was executed on Wednesday for the 1995 kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce, a spokesman for Florida Governor Rick Scott said.

Chavez died by lethal injection. The spokesman said he was executed at 8:17 p.m. at Florida State Prison at Starke.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A1C03K20140213