The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered a 13-year-old girl in 2008 in a Panama City motel room.
Justices rejected arguments by Matthew Caylor, who was convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery in the killing of Melinda Hinson.
The girl’s body was found under a bed in the Valu-Lodge Motel. The girl’s family had been living at the motel, and Caylor had stayed there before the murder.
