What is Bobby Joe Long?
[[File:Bobbie Joe Long.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Mug shot]] of Bobbie Joe Long]] '''Robert Joseph Long''' (October 14, 1953 – May 23, 2019), also known as '''Bobby Joe Long''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[serial killer]] and [[rapist]]. He [[Abduction|abducted]], [[Sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] and murdered at least 10 women in the [[Tampa Bay Area]] in [[Florida]] during an eight-month period in 1984. For the murder of one of victims, Michelle Sims, he was [[sentenced to death]]. According to the [[Florida Department of Corrections]], Long had one five-year sentence, four 99-year sentences, 28 [[life sentence]]s and one death sentence. He was born in [[Kenova, West Virginia]]. Long was executed by [[lethal injection]] on May 23, 2019 at [[Florida State Prison]] in [[Raiford, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://time.com/5595252/serial-killer-florida-executed/|title=A Serial Killer Who Murdered 10 Women Has Been Executed in Florida|author=Farrington, Brendan|location=[[Starke, Florida]]|date=May 23, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2019|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524064415/http://time.com/5595252/serial-killer-florida-executed/|url-status=deviated|archivedate=May 24, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524064415/http://time.com/5595252/serial-killer-florida-executed/}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Bobby Joe}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American kidnappers]] [[Category:American people convicted of assault]] [[Category:American people convicted of murder]] [[Category:American prisoners sentenced to death]] [[Category:American rapists]] [[Category:American robbers]] [[Category:American serial killers]] [[Category:Drug-related deaths in the United States]] [[Category:Executed American serial killers]] [[Category:People executed by lethal injection]] [[Category:People from West Virginia]] {{US-bio-stub}}