Florida Set to Execute ‘Ninja Killer’ for 1989 Murders
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Louis Bernard Gaskin, known as the “ninja killer,” is set to be executed on Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey.
Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. by lethal injection for the deaths of Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on Dec. 20, 1989, in their Flagler County winter home on Florida’s northeast coast.
Gaskin, who was dubbed the “ninja killer” because he wore all-black ninja clothing during the crimes, shot his victims with a .22-caliber rifle, investigators said. He was convicted of first-degree murder.
Property that he stole from the Sturmfels’ home—a clock, two lamps, and a videocassette recorder—was found at his residence and were intended to be Christmas gifts for his girlfriend, according to investigators. He was also convicted of armed robbery, burglary, and the attempted murder of another couple who lived nearby that same night….