Florida Kills Daniel Conahan Jr. for 1996 Murder of Richard Montgomery in 43rd Execution on DeSantis Watch

Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. was put to death by lethal injection Thursday at Florida State Prison for the 1996 strangulation of 21-year-old Richard Allen Montgomery in Charlotte County. Conahan is the 15th inmate killed this year by the state after a modern-era record 19 in 2025. It is the 43rd execution on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s watch.