{{Short description|American murderer (1961–2023)}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Duane Owen | image = Duane Owen 1984 mugshot.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Owen in a 1984 police mugshot | birth_name = Duane Eugene Owen | birth_date = {{birth date|1961|2|13}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Peter |title=Who's who in Duane Owen's lengthy legal saga |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/crime/duane-owen-execution/whos-who-in-duane-owen-lengthy-legal-saga |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=WPTV |date=June 14, 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|15|1961|2|13}} | death_place = Florida State Prison, Florida, U.S. | other_names = | conviction = *First-degree murder (x2) *Attempted murder *Rape *Burglary | conviction_penalty = '''Murders'''<br>Death (x2) <br>'''Other charges'''<br>Life imprisonment (x3) | conviction_status = Executed by lethal injection | apprehended = May 30, 1984 | victims = 2 | date = March 24, 1984<br>May 29, 1984 | country = United States | states = Florida | locations = Boca Raton, Florida<br>Delray Beach, Florida }} '''Duane Eugene Owen''' (February 13, 1961 – June 15, 2023) was an American convicted murderer who raped and killed Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden in Delray Beach and Boca Raton, Florida, in 1984. Owen was sentenced to death for the murders and was executed in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Florida executes Duane Owen for 1984 killings of teenage babysitter and mother of 2 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-executes-duane-owen-1984-killings-karen-slattery-georgianna-worden/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
On March 24, 1984, Owen raped and stabbed 14-year-old Karen Slattery in Delray Beach. Two months later, on May 29, he raped and beat to death 38-year-old Georgianna Worden in Boca Raton.<ref name="PBP-1">{{cite news |last1=Garber |first1=Andrew |date=June 16, 1984 |title=Boca Man Confesses to Slattery Murder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-boca-man-confesses-t/133813204/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Palm Beach Post |page=74 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Owen was arrested the day after Worden's murder on a burglary charge.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Curry |first1=Pat |title=Owen charged with more violent attacks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boca-raton-news-owen-charged-with-more-v/133297798/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Boca Raton News |date=July 1, 1984 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He confessed to the murders of Slattery and Worden after his arrest.<ref name=PBP-1></ref>
Owen was sentenced to death for the murders twice in two separate trials.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petit |first1=Deborah |title=Jurors ask death penalty for Owen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-duane-owen/126807881/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |date=March 6, 1986 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Additionally, he received three life sentences for other violent crimes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keller |first1=Larry |title=Killer gets three life sentences again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-krista-12-9-2005-dua/80462983/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Palm Beach Post |date=December 9, 2005 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Owen was executed by lethal injection for the murder of Worden on June 15, 2023.<ref name="PBP-3">{{cite news |last1=Lordi |first1=laura |last2=Norman |first2=Lianna |last3=Blatz |first3=Holly |title=Duane Owen's final statement before his execution today in Florida |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2023/06/15/live-updates-florida-killer-duane-owen-executed-tonight-death-row/70326609007/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |work=Palm Beach Post |date=June 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Washington|first=Wayne|date=June 15, 2023|title=Duane Owen executed in killings of babysitter, mom. What Karen Slattery's sister said|work=The Palm Beach Post|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2023/06/15/florida-execution-duane-owen-executed-for-murder-of-karen-slattery/70314753007/|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231022073118/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2023/06/15/florida-execution-duane-owen-executed-for-murder-of-karen-slattery/70314753007/|archive-date=October 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * Capital punishment in Florida * List of people executed in Florida * List of people executed in the United States in 2023
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{{s-start}} ! colspan="3" | Executions carried out in Florida {{s-bef|before=Darryl Brian Barwick|before2=<div style="font-weight: normal">May 3, 2023</div>}} {{s-ttl|title=Duane Owen|years=June 15, 2023}} {{s-aft|after=James Barnes|after2=<div style="font-weight: normal">August 3, 2023</div>}} |- ! colspan="3" | Executions carried out in the United States {{s-bef|before=Michael Andrew Tisius – Missouri|before2=<div style="font-weight: normal">June 6, 2023</div>}} {{s-ttl|title=Duane Owen – Florida|years=June 15, 2023}} {{s-aft|after=Jemaine Monteil Cannon – Oklahoma|after2=<div style="font-weight: normal">July 20, 2023</div>}} {{s-end}}
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