Arizona Executes Frank Atwood for 1984 Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl

Arizona Executes Frank Atwood for 1984 Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl
Frank Atwood. Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry via AP
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FLORENCE, Ariz.—An Arizona man convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl was put to death Wednesday in the state’s second execution since officials resumed carrying out the death penalty in May following a nearly eight-year hiatus.

Frank Atwood, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his murder conviction in the killing of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, whose body was found in the desert, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement.