Facts of the Crime:
The victim, Donna Burnell, worked as a clerk at the Nu Pak convenience store in Indian River County. On the morning of July 3, 1990, a man entered the store and shot her three times with a .32 caliber handgun. Ms. Burnell was shot in the face, head, and chest, which she died from on the way to the hospital. The man left the scene without taking any money from the store. The police were able to link Rodney Lowe to the incident due to the facts that his fingerprints were found at the scene and his vehicle was seen leaving the parking lot of the convenience store. They brought him in for questioning the following week. After having a brief conversation with his girlfriend, Lowe gave a statement that implicated him in the murder. He was arrested after giving this statement.
Lowe was first sentenced to death in Indian River County on May 1, 1991 and eventually re-sentenced to death on January 25, 2012.
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