Florida Executes James D. Ford for 1997 Murders of Newlywed Couple

James D. Ford, convicted of killing Greg and Kimberly Malnory and leaving their toddler alive at the crime scene, was executed after 27 years on death row.

James D. Ford, 64, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the brutal 1997 murders of Greg and Kimberly Malnory.
The couple was killed during a fishing trip with Ford, who shot Greg, assaulted and killed Kimberly, and left their 22-month-old daughter Maranda in the car covered in her mother’s blood.
Ford’s DNA and other physical evidence tied him to the crime, and he was convicted in 1999 of first-degree murder, sexual battery, and child abuse.
Relatives of the victims, including Greg's mother, expressed a sense of justice after years of grief but acknowledged the lasting heartache of the tragedy.
Maranda Malnory, who survived the attack, continues to grieve the loss of her parents, reflecting on the life she could have shared with them.