Oba Chandler Jr. (October 11, 1946 – November 15, 2011) was an American convicted mass murderer, rapist, robber, and fraudster executed by lethal injection in Florida for the brutal 1989 triple murder of Joan Rogers and her teenage daughters Michelle (17) and Christe (14). The Ohio family, on vacation in Florida, was lured onto Chandler’s boat; the victims were bound, gagged, raped, and thrown into Tampa Bay while still alive, with concrete blocks tied to their necks. Their bodies were discovered floating days later. Chandler, an aluminum siding contractor with a long criminal history including prior rapes and robberies, was linked to the crime years later through his distinctive handwriting on a tourist pamphlet found in the victims’ car, which police publicized on billboards; a neighbor recognized it. He was also connected to the rape of Canadian tourist Judy Blair weeks earlier using a similar modus operandi, and later to the 1990 rape and murder of Ivelisse Berrios-Beguerisse. Convicted in 1994 and sentenced to death, Chandler maintained his innocence until his execution.

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