TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of murdering a husband and wife during a fishing trip nearly 30 years ago is set to be executed next month in the state's first scheduled execution of 2025.

The first death warrant of 2025 signed by Gov. Ron Desantis involves a Charlotte County man convicted of murdering a couple back in 1997. It happened at a sod farm in Port Charlotte. James D. Ford, 64 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of brutally murdering a couple at a Charlotte County sod farm in 1997.

His low point, at least in South Florida, likely was the day ... He'd beaten Gerald Ford, 55 to 45%. In Florida, his margin was about 52 to 47%. Over the next four years, Carter would deal with ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted in the 1997 murders ... who were found shot and bludgeoned to death at South Florida Sod Farm in a remote part of Charlotte County, on April 7, 1997.

James Ford, who was convicted in the 1997 murders of Greg and Kimberly Malnory, a Charlotte County couple, now is set to be executed next month.