Florida killer was found guilty of cracking and flash bride to death In front of their child, he was finally executed on Thursday, almost three decades after his terrible crimes.
James D. Ford (64) is executed by a deadly injection in State Prison of Florida On Thursday, the murders of Greg Malnory, 25, and his wife Kimberly, 26, after Government Ron Desantis signed their death order on January 10th.
“Never give up. Always fight for your children,” said Connie Ankney, mother Greg Malnory, for Fox News Digital in an interview on the day of execution, who traveled for hours. “I never stop fighting for my son and Kimberly. I didn’t know if I would be alive today to see it because Kimberly’s mother is not.”
“They always talk about … closing,” she added. “Well, no, it’s justice. Just justice.”
Greg and Kimberly Malnory with her young daughter. (Connie Ankney/Family Manual)
Ankney revealed this during this week, which led to Ford’s executionShe felt a blend of emotions.
“Remembering that day … What they must have gone through, terror, horror, fear, “she said.
Sunday morning in the spring of 1997. Greg and Kimberly Malnory made fishing plans on South Florida Sod FarmTogether with Ford, Greg’s associate at Charlotte County Farm.
Their deceased bodies were discovered the next day, April 7, 1997, near the pair truck in the middle of the field at a remote farm of 7,000 hectares. Authorities found their 22-month-old daughter Maranda wrapped inside their car seat in a truck, surviving an attack, according to court records.
“They didn’t get the opportunity to be parents … It’s enthusiastically so fast,” Ankney said.
Greg and Kimberly Malnory at their wedding, just six months before they were killed, said Greg’s mother. (Connie Ankney/Family Manual)
The young couple met in high school, but he started their romantic relationship later and were together for several years, explained Greg’s mother. They got married only six months before their death.
“We went to Tennessee. They got one of those weddings in the mountains, and the rest were in one of these big cabins. Kimberly had her white boots,” Ankkney recalled. “I can’t even pass it into words because, you know, was such a nice thing …And then six months … so awesome ending to that beautiful, beautiful family. ”
On the day their posthumous remains were discovered, Ankney was invited to Sheriff of the Charlotte County Office, where she learned the horrific news.
“I went there and Kimberly’s mother and the stepfather were there … suffering,” she said. “She told me they were dead, and I just couldn’t believe it … she said they were dead, but the baby was alive.”
Ankney initially believed that the couple had died in an accident with the ship because the two told her to go fishing, and she had not heard from them since.
“They didn’t immediately say the murder … And when they did … I just lost it,” she said. “It doesn’t hit you right now … It’s just amazing. The murders did not occur In Charlotte County … it was a small town and everyone knew everyone. ”
James Ford was executed for the murder of Greg and Kimberly Malnory. (Florida repair department)
Investigators found that Greg Malnory was shot in the head and tortured with a slit in his throat and that Kimberly Malnory was sexually attacked, brutally beaten and then killed, the documents show.
Maranda was in the vehicle for more than 18 hours with a wide open door, covered with a mother’s blood.
“It’s only beyond my understanding … It’s evil, “Ankney said.” Poor maranda, she only died there. In fact, the divine intervention survived … The angels must have been with her. “
The authorities announced that while Ford was attacked by Greg, Kimberly did everything she could to save her daughter, explaining the presence of Kimberly’s blood on her baby’s clothes.
Defense wounds They were found on the back of Kima’s weapons, which indicated that he was fighting, according to court records.
“The fear of Kimberly must have felt trying to get Miranda in that car seat and trying to get into that truck … She never drove a stick in her life,” Ankney said. “I’m just trying to get out of hell and fight him.”
‘The killer goes out’ has retained ‘trophies’ that ultimately led to his fall: detective
22-month-old daughter Greg and Kimberly Malnory was found left in her car seat in a family truck at a remote Sodost Florida farm. (Sheriff of the Charlotte County Office)
During their investigation, police learned that Ford was seen with victims in the crime area just before the murder, and then later saw the same night “in the distracted state with blood on his face, hands and clothing,” according to court documents. Ford was also observed the day after the murders with scratches on his body.
“I spent a while with him in a truck that went through the property, recounting their activities that day,” James Kenville, one of the MPs who reacted at the time, and is now the main with the Charlotte Sheriff’s Office, said WFTX About Ford. “He was very cool, he was convincing when you talked to him, but physical evidence told us that this was not the case.”
DNA Greg Malnory It was discovered with a knife in the Ford’s bedroom, Kimberly’s DNA was located in a Ford truck, and Ford DNA was found on Kimberly’s body and clothing, showing court records.
The mysterious disappearance of news was the crime of ‘jealousy’: a private investigator
James Ford was executed for the killings of Greg and Kimberly in 1997. (Sheriff of the Charlotte County Office)
Follow the true criminal team on x
The bodies of Greg and Kimberly Malnory were discovered near their truck at a remote Southern Florida farm. (Sheriff of the Charlotte County Office)
Ankney described her son as a “fun, love child” with many friends, who “loved fishing and liked to hunt and drive their blue truck through the mud”, adding that Greg enjoyed his time as an employee of the southern Florida Sod Farm.
“He went to work every day, and he told me,” Mom … it’s like heaven, “and when he died there, I said,” Oh, God … he should have gone there, “she told Fox there News digital.
Ankney said her daughter -in -law Kimberly was “arrogant, funny” and “never had a baby before, but she took it very seriously. She loved Maranda.”
Get real -time updates directly to Real crime
A few years after the killings, Ankyy stumbled Parents of killed children.
“I survived between them and my pastor and Jesus,” she said. Since 1999, she has collaborated with the organization, helping other bereaved parents.
“I told myself, if I could help one person, then I did my job,” Ankney said. “It’s a support group like no other.”
Greg and Kimberly Malnory were killed on the South Florida Sod Farm in 1997. (Sheriff of the Charlotte County Office)
Ford was convicted of two first -degree murder points, a sexual battery with firearms and children abuse, and was sentenced to death on June 3, 1999. His execution on Thursday was first in Florida this year, after one in the state of 2024 and six 2023.
“I just want to hug him and … Thanks to him, thank you,” Ankney said about Desantis and signing a death order.
Click here to get the Fox News app
“I can finally rest in peace. This is something that has been going on for 27 years, and now I can have peace,” she added. “Heart pain will still be there, but he ended up. I have no grace for him … It’s completely in God’s hands.”
