Florida executes man 32 years after St. Petersburg murder

Tampa Bay Times Thursday 16th February, 2012

STARKE — The state executed Robert Waterhouse on Wednesday night, more than 32 years after he beat, raped and killed petite, red-haired Debbie Kammerer in St. Petersburg. He was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m. He was 65. He was 33 at the time of the crime, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound, on-again, off-again construction hand who had been raised by an aun...

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