Duane Owen

Duane Eugene Owen (February 13, 1961 – June 15, 2023) was an American convicted murderer who raped and killed Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden in Delray Beach and Boca Raton, Florida, in 1984. Owen was sentenced to death for the murders and was executed in 2023.

On March 24, 1984, Owen raped and stabbed 14-year-old Karen Slattery in Delray Beach. Two months later, on May 29, he raped and beat to death 38-year-old Georgianna Worden in Boca Raton. Owen was arrested the day after Worden's murder on a burglary charge. He confessed to the murders of Slattery and Worden after his arrest.

Owen was sentenced to death for the murders twice in two separate trials. Additionally, he received three life sentences for other violent crimes. Owen was executed by lethal injection for the murder of Worden on June 15, 2023.