State authorities last night executed by lethal injection a man who stabbed his neighbor who spurning his sexual advances. 65-year-old Robert Newland was put to death for killing Carol Sanders Beatty of Saint-Simons Island. Beatty was a 27-year-old former state and national amateur diving champion. Authorities say Newland went to Beatty's Saint-Simons Island duplex in May 1986 after a drinking binge and tried to kiss her. They say he drew a knife and stabbed her repeatedly after she refused his advances. The woman died hours later, but not before identifying Newland as the killer. Newland was convicted of the crime in 1987. Authorities at the state prison in Jackson last night pronounced Newland dead at 7:36pm.
