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UPDATED Sep 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET
Sep 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Florida man convicted in ‘Hog Trail Murders’ executed
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Daniel Owen Conahan, 72, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling murder of Richard Allen Montgomery. The death was pronounced at 6:12 p.m., following a three-drug protocol. Conahan was convicted in August 1999 in the case tied to the “Hog Trail Murders.”
WHO: Daniel Owen Conahan Jr.; Richard Allen Montgomery
WHAT: Executed by lethal injection for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of Richard Allen Montgomery, a case linked to the “Hog Trail Murders.”
WHEN: Sep 10, 2026
WHERE: Florida State Prison near Starke, Florida
WHY: A judge convicted Conahan for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling murder of Richard Allen Montgomery.
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