James Ernest Hitchcock: key obituary facts
Is James Ernest Hitchcock dead? Yes. James Ernest Hitchcock died on April 30, 2026, at age 70.
Cause of death: James Ernest Hitchcock's cause of death was reported as Lethal injection.
What was James Ernest Hitchcock known for?
He was known as American convicted child murderer (born 1956).
More about James Ernest Hitchcock
Born: 5 April 1956.
Place of death: Florida State Prison.
Gender: male.
Occupation: criminal.
Nationality: United States.
James Ernest Hitchcock, an American convicted murderer, died on April 30, 2026, at Florida State Prison, where he was executed by lethal injection.
Born on April 5, 1956, Hitchcock was convicted in connection with the 1976 rape and murder of his 13-year-old stepniece, Cynthia Driggers, in Winter Garden, Florida. He was sentenced to death in 1977, and that sentence was overturned and reinstated multiple times before it was ultimately upheld and carried out nearly 50 years after the killing.
James Ernest Hitchcock (April 5, 1956 – April 30, 2026) was an American convicted child murderer. On July 31, 1976, Hitchcock raped and murdered his 13-year-old stepniece, Cynthia Driggers, at her home in Winter Garden, Florida. Hitchcock was found guilty of Driggers’s murder and sentenced to death in 1977, although his death sentence was overturned thrice before it was reinstated after each re-sentencing trial. Hitchcock’s death sentence was ultimately upheld and finalized, and he was executed at the Florida State Prison on April 30, 2026, nearly 50 years after he had killed Driggers.