Event Brief
Victim’s family urges DeSantis to sign death warrant
Filed: Aug 01, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET
Summary: Daughters of Orville Landis plead with Gov. DeSantis to sign a death warrant nearly 40 years after the Gandy Blvd. murder.
WHO: Daughters of Orville Landis; Gov. Ron DeSantis; Mark Davis
WHAT: Family members ask the governor to sign a death warrant for Mark Davis, convicted in the Gandy Blvd. killing of Orville Landis.
WHEN: Jul 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM ET
WHERE: Gandy Blvd., Tampa, Florida
WHY: The family is urging the governor to sign the death warrant after decades have passed since the death sentence.
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