Bruce Pace is a black man who has been
on death row in the state of Florida since 11/16/89.
Crime
He was convicted of Premeditated 1st
Degree Murder, committed on 11/04/88.On 11/04/88, Barbara Mack spoke with her father, Floyd Covington, via the radio in his cab. Later that day she was unable to reach him using the same radio.
On 11/07/88, Frankie Covington, the victim’s daughter-in-law, filed a missing person’s report with Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Department. The police began a search for the missing cab driver.
Mr. Covington’s cab, a white Buick station wagon, was found in a wooded area. It had been covered with a pile of brush. The bloodstains in the cab revealed that the person sitting in the driver seat had been shot from the direction of the passenger seat. The blood was found to be type O, which was consistent with Mr. Covington’s blood type.
Covington had been shot twice in the chest with a shotgun while in the driver’s seat and then moved to the passenger seat. Mr. Convington’s body was found 12 miles away in another wooded area on 11/10/89. His wallet was found approximately 20 feet from the body.
The medical examiner testified that Mr. Covington had been shot two to seven days prior to the day that the body was found and that either shot alone could have been the cause of death. The plastic wadding and the shells were recovered from the body.
A witness stated that he had seen, while driving on Highway 87, a white station wagon taxicab around 10:30 a.m. the morning of 11/04/88. The cab was angled off the road in a grassy ditch. Due to the fact that he only observed the cab for a brief time, he could not give any characteristics of the driver, but he did report that he did not see anyone in the passenger seat.
During the night of 11/03/88, Pace spoke with his cousin, Angela Pace, about money problems that he was having. Angela quoted Pace as saying, “There’s something that I do, I hate to do, but I want to have some money tomorrow.” Pace never specifically stated what he was going to do, but she knew that Pace sometimes did odd jobs for Mr. Covington.
On 11/07/88, Frankie Covington, the victim’s daughter-in-law, filed a missing person’s report with Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Department. The police began a search for the missing cab driver.
Mr. Covington’s cab, a white Buick station wagon, was found in a wooded area. It had been covered with a pile of brush. The bloodstains in the cab revealed that the person sitting in the driver seat had been shot from the direction of the passenger seat. The blood was found to be type O, which was consistent with Mr. Covington’s blood type.
Covington had been shot twice in the chest with a shotgun while in the driver’s seat and then moved to the passenger seat. Mr. Convington’s body was found 12 miles away in another wooded area on 11/10/89. His wallet was found approximately 20 feet from the body.
The medical examiner testified that Mr. Covington had been shot two to seven days prior to the day that the body was found and that either shot alone could have been the cause of death. The plastic wadding and the shells were recovered from the body.
A witness stated that he had seen, while driving on Highway 87, a white station wagon taxicab around 10:30 a.m. the morning of 11/04/88. The cab was angled off the road in a grassy ditch. Due to the fact that he only observed the cab for a brief time, he could not give any characteristics of the driver, but he did report that he did not see anyone in the passenger seat.
During the night of 11/03/88, Pace spoke with his cousin, Angela Pace, about money problems that he was having. Angela quoted Pace as saying, “There’s something that I do, I hate to do, but I want to have some money tomorrow.” Pace never specifically stated what he was going to do, but she knew that Pace sometimes did odd jobs for Mr. Covington.
Address
You can write to this inmate
at:
Bruce Pace 084643
Union CI
P.O. Box 1000
Raiford, Florida 32083
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