Florida to execute man who killed his wife in 1992 on Thurs…
Car Crash Florida Today in Florida: Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to be executed at Florida State Prison for the 1992 stabbing death of his wife, Karen Spencer. Court records show Spencer was arrested in December 1991 after choking and threatening to kill his wife, and on a later date in 1992 he beat his wife's teenage son with a clothes iron when the boy tried to stop an attack. When police arrived, they found Karen Spencer dead with multiple chest stab wounds. Spencer was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery.