Duane Eugene Owen was born on February 13, 1961.

Duane Owen committed two murders in Florida in 1984. The first was on March 24, when he stabbed and raped a 14-year-old girl named Karen Slattery in Delray Beach. The second murder occurred on May 29, when he raped and beat to death a 38-year-old woman named Georgianna Worden in Boca Raton.

Owen was arrested on May 30, 1984, just a day after Worden's murder. Initially, he was taken into custody for a burglary charge. After his arrest, he confessed to both murders.

Owen faced two separate trials and was sentenced to death for the murders of Slattery and Worden. In addition to the death sentences, he received three life sentences for other violent crimes.

On June 15, 2023, Duane Owen was executed by lethal injection for the murder of Georgianna Worden.