Florida couple married 10 weeks after meeting. A killer ended their love story 8 years later.

Randy White was protective of his beautiful young wife.

When the couple met for lunch at their Florida home on June 14, 1982, he insisted on following her back to work in his car despite the inconvenience. He watched her unlock the door and wave goodbye. He tooted his horn and drove off.

Twelve minutes later, Janet Renee White was dead, stabbed repeatedly in the nearby woods.

"At 12:55 p.m., I kissed her goodbye. They estimated her time of death was 1:07 p.m.," Randy White told USA TODAY in an interview. "You’re not prepared for life to just stop that abruptly."

Now Renee’s killer − Kayle Barrington Bates − is set to be executed by lethal injection in Florida on Aug. 19.