David Alan Gore

David Alan Gore was born on August 21, 1953, in Florida. When he was a teenager, he was fired from his first job as a gas station attendant after his boss found a hole that allowed Gore to look into the women's bathroom. Fred Waterfield was born on September 29, 1952, in New Jersey. He is a former high school football player. Gore and Waterfield came to an arrangement, namely that Gore would spot, stalk, and secure potential victims for himself and Waterfield, in exchange for cash payments from Waterfield. == Victims ==

Hsiang Huang Ling and Ying Hua Ling Gore's and Waterfield's first two murder victims were Ying Hua Ling (age 17) and her mother Hsiang Huang Ling (age 48). On February 19, 1981, Gore accosted Ying Ling and brandished his auxiliary police badge to lure the teenager into his truck, after which he drove her to her own home. Once there, he encountered Hsiang Ling and kidnapped both women. Gore later claimed that the mother, tied to a tree, slowly choked to death while he and Waterfield raped the daughter. The pair dismembered the two women and stuffed their body parts into oil drums, which they buried. Judith Kay Daley The pair's third victim was Judith Daley (age 35), a former Fort Pierce resident visiting from California. On July 15, 1981, Gore disabled Daley's car at the beach, and then offered her a ride to the nearest telephone. Gore drove Daley to a secluded area and met Waterfield, whereupon both men raped Daley. Gore claimed to have disposed of Daley's body in a swamp. Gore told police "I started dragging her back and she was trying, like, resisting, fighting me, so I threw her to the ground. That's when I shot her in the head". The boy alerted police, which led to a 90-minute standoff between Gore and law enforcement. The police arrested Gore and rescued Martin, who was found in the attic naked, handcuffed, and with electrical cords tied around her legs. On December 7, 1983, Gore led police to the remains of three of his six murder victims. These victims were Barbara Ann Byer, Hsiang Huang Ling and her daughter, Ying Hua Ling. He also admitted to killing three girls and two women. == Case timeline ==

• August 10, 1983: A grand jury charged Gore with first-degree murder with two counts of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery. • January 6, 1984: Gore's trial was moved from Vero Beach to St. Petersburg, Florida. Two months after on March 16, 1984, the jury convicted him of first-degree murder and after an 11–1 vote he received the death sentence. • August 22, 1985: The Supreme Court affirmed Gore's first-degree murder conviction and death penalty. • January 21, 1985: Waterfield was convicted of the murders of Byer and LaVellee, and received two consecutive life sentences. • March 3, 1988: Governor Bob Martinez signed Gore's death warrant. • July 5, 2007: the Florida Supreme Court confirmed Gore's death sentence. == Death ==

Gore was executed by lethal injection at 6:19 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2012, having exhausted all legal appeals. As Gore lay strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, he said: "I'm sorry. I've had remorse ...I'm not the man I was back then. I don't fear death." Waterfield was originally imprisoned at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, but was later moved to Hardee Correctional Institution. He has maintained his innocence and his family has made efforts on his behalf to prove his innocence. == See also ==