According to reports, Nancy Weiler was "beaten almost beyond recognition" by Davis with a .357 Magnum, and hit more than 25 times in the face and head.

He later admitted that his initial motive was to rape and murder Kristina, kill her sister and mother, and then ransack the house.

[2] His execution was alleged to have been botched, with witnesses reporting that Davis was still alive after the power to Old Sparky was switched off.

A BTU is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.

It was concluded that the electric chair had functioned as designed, and the Florida Supreme Court upheld electrocution as a means of capital punishment.

However, a dissenting justice published photos of the aftermath of the incident in an attempt to argue that the practice of capital punishment by electrocution was outdated, and that any future executions should be carried out through lethal injection.