PIPE BOMB KILLER OF FHP TROOPER EXECUTED

By  //  February 26, 2014

convicted in the death of trooper Jimmy Fulford

STARK, FLORIDA – Paul Augustus Howell, who was sent to Death Row for the 1992 murder of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, was executed Wednesday at Florida State Prison near Stark.

Howell was convicted in January 1995 in the death of FHP trooper Jimmy Fulford during a traffic stop
Paul Howell was convicted in January 1995 in the death of FHP trooper Jimmy Fulford, above, during a traffic stop three years earlier. (FHP image)

Howell, 48, was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m., according to the Gov. Rick Scott’s office.

Howell, who had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as his final meal, was the 15th Death Row inmate executed in Florida since Scott took office in 2011. There were five executions during former Gov. Charlie Crist’s single term and 21 during the two terms of former Gov. Jeb Bush.

Howell was convicted in January 1995 in the death of FHP trooper Jimmy Fulford during a traffic stop three years earlier. Fulford was killed by a pipe bomb that Howell had put inside a microwave oven and placed in a gift-wrapped package.

Paul Howell
Paul Howell

The bomb was intended for a Marianna woman who could identify Howell, who with his brother was involved in a South Florida drug ring, for a prior murder.

Tallahassee Citizens Against the Death Penalty are scheduled to hold a service of remembrance at noon Thursday at the Florida Capitol, according to the Division of Management Services.