DeSantis signs death warrant for 1992 double murder in Keys; would be 20th execution this year

Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Wednesday for a man who in 1992 killed a Tavernier couple whose unborn child did not survive the attack, according to our news partners at News Service of Florida.With another execution set for Nov. 5, the planned Nov. 19 execution of Thomas Mitchell Overton, 70, would become the 20th conducted by the state this year, the most for a year since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976.DeSantis signed the warrant a day after the state executed William Reaves, for killing Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Raczkowski four decades ago.DeSantis’ warrant for Overton sets the execution for 6 p.m. Nov. 18 at Florida State Prison in Starke.Overton was arrested in 1997 for the 1992 rape and murder of Missy MacIvor, 29, and the murder of Michael MacIvor, 30. At the time, Missy MacIvor was eight months pregnant.According to court records, Overton knew the MacIvors because he worked as a service-station clerk on Tavern