Melvin Trotter was executed Feb. 24 for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in ...

Melvin Trotter, 65, was convicted of strangling and stabbing Virgie Langford at her store in Palmetto in 1986.

State's second execution of 2026 scheduled for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison.

Melvin Trotter, convicted of a 1986 murder, faces execution in Florida today as a Supreme Court appeal is pending.

Melvin Trotter, 65, was pronounced dead following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the 1986 killing of a 70-year-old grocery store owner ...

STARKE, Fla. – Man convicted of killing a grocery store owner becomes the second person executed in Florida this year. A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death ...

Melvin Trotter, 65, convicted of killing a Manatee County grocery store owner, will be the second person executed this year in Florida.

Melvin Trotter, 65, gets lethal injection for 1986 stabbing death, becoming second person executed by state this year ...