James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of the murders of Gregory Malnory, 25, and his wife, Kimberly, 26, who were killed during a 1997 fishing trip at a sod farm in southwest Charlotte County, where court records showed both men worked.

Florida executed James Dennis Ford for the savage murders of two young parents in front of their toddler daughter in 1997.

James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison on Thursday and pronounced dead at 6:19 p.