Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=dCZ6MAlu8G4 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter First Coast Connect: Witness to the execution [KT1qgDhj08e] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 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 7kUai9zimNN 64kukyoqwWJ 8M87bhM0bi2 y5nwTJtJwKw 5gE9ksfeNgN PSZEI5jVEqg J71Yy9sCdFN
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 7kUai9zimNN 64kukyoqwWJ 8M87bhM0bi2 y5nwTJtJwKw 5gE9ksfeNgN PSZEI5jVEqg J71Yy9sCdFN