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Florida man convicted of fracturing infant's skull, dumping body into pond 30 years ago to be executed

Date 2026-05-04 08:56 +0100
Newsgroups alt.activism.death-penalty, fl.general, alt.politics.republicans, talk.politics.guns, sac.politics
Subject Florida man convicted of fracturing infant's skull, dumping body into pond 30 years ago to be executed
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From Pelosi Goes To prison <noreply@mixmin.net>

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(Gray News) - A Florida man will soon be put to death 30 years after
fracturing an infant’s skull and throwing her into a pond while on
probation for felony child abuse. 

Andrew Richard Lukehart, of Jacksonville, is scheduled to be executed at
6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, by the electric chair. 

Governor Ron DeSantis signed Lukehart’s death warrant on May 1.

On Feb. 25, 1996, Lukehart was trying to change five-month-old Gabrielle
Hanshaw’s diaper when she would not lay flat, he said. He then
“forcefully and repeatedly pushed her head and neck to the floor.” 

Before that, however, Lukehart had told officers that he dropped her,
shook her, and then, in a panic, threw her body into a pond after
realizing she had died. 

The medical examiner said at least five separate blows to her head were
recorded. 

He was found guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in
1997. 

The year before Hanshaw was murdered, Lukehart was found guilty of child
abuse against another infant. 

Lukehart was arrested after the courts found he had caused broken ribs,
retinal hemorrhages and head trauma in an 8-month-old girl, whose mother
he was dating at the time. That abuse was reported in 1994 and his
conviction came two years later. 

Having exhausted all appeals, Lukehart’s execution is to be held between
June 2 and 9 at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, DeSantis wrote. 

The prison’s warden, Randall Polk, scheduled the execution for 6 p.m. on
June 2. 

https://www.fox8live.com/2026/05/03/florida-man-convicted-fracturing-infa
nts-skull-dumping-body-into-pond-30-years-ago-be-executed/ 

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