Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=3cfM6FId4bC Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter First Coast Connect: Witness to the execution [Gu2AXt2PWU2] Health Updated on August 09, 2026 EDT — Published on August 09, 2026 EDT As a reporter covering Florida executions, John Koch has never been busier. He attended each of the state’s record 19 executions last year, as well as the first of 2026, bringing his total to 106. We talk to him on the eve of his 107th execution, of Melvin Trotter, who is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford in Manatee County. We ask Koch what keeps him going, and grounded, in a largely thankless job that has earned him the nickname “Dr. Death.” Guest: John Koch, correspondent, Independent News Service Imj5tlSYtAf UyKlXJcJfDM oFYmBuX0FOe JGyvpck6LFL 5EPBZf4Efbp
As a reporter covering Florida executions, John Koch has never been busier. He attended each of the state’s record 19 executions last year, as well as the first of 2026, bringing his total to 106. We talk to him on the eve of his 107th execution, of Melvin Trotter, who is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford in Manatee County. We ask Koch what keeps him going, and grounded, in a largely thankless job that has earned him the nickname “Dr. Death.” Guest: John Koch, correspondent, Independent News Service Imj5tlSYtAf UyKlXJcJfDM oFYmBuX0FOe JGyvpck6LFL 5EPBZf4Efbp