Gov. DeSantis approves execution for man convicted of killing pregnant woman and her husband in Florida Keys

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Wednesday for Thomas Mitchell Overton, who in 1992 killed a Florida Keys couple whose unborn child did not survive the attack.With another execution set for Nov. 5, the planned Nov. 19 execution of 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.Thomas Overton Florida Department of Corrections 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