A jury took just over an hour Wednesday to decide that John Evander Couey should be executed for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.

A convicted sex offender awaiting execution for kidnapping, raping and burying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive in 2005, died of natural causes on September 30. July 11, 2006: John Evander Couey ...

John Couey, convicted of killing a 9-year-old girl in a case that attracted national news coverage, has died of cancer at a Florida hospital, officials said.

OCALA - After more than seven hours of testimony from a psychologist, the question of whether John Couey is retarded is still not resolved. The judge who must rule on the issue - which will affect ...

Cancer claimed John Couey's life before the state of Florida could put the convicted killer to death.

(CNN) -- A Florida death-row inmate convicted of abducting and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005 has died, prison officials said Wednesday. John Evander Couey, 51, died at 11:15 a.m ...

John Evander Couey, a convicted sex offender awaiting execution for kidnapping, raping and burying alive 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005, died of natural causes Wednesday.

This week, defense lawyers will argue that John Couey is too mentally stunted to be put to death. They will cite his consistently low IQ scores, delayed mental development, abusive childhood and ...

John Couey had been sentenced to death for killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Florida in 2005.

OCALA -- John Couey, the man accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Homosassa, may have molested a family member in the past, according to court documents ...

John Couey is a cold, calculated killer who took Jessica Lunsford's young life and shattered a community's sense of innocence and isolation, prosecutors told jurors on Tuesday. But defense ...