Florida fought Fighting a newly couple fire on a couple In front of their young child, nearly three decades ago, it finally faced justice last week at the first execution of this year. The remaining daughter of the couple spoke as an adult about her childhood memories related to horrific crimes.
James de Ford, 64, was executed by deadly injection Florida State Prison On February 13, due to the crimes of Greg Malnuri, 25, and his wife Kimberly, 26, after state governor Ron Desantis signed his death memorandum on January 10.
“I feel I missed a lot of love …This love from my mother and my father, ”Maranda Malnaori, who has seen her parents' murders to be 22 months old, told Fox News Digital in an interview after the execution.
“I do not want to say that it was a closure because it is not a closure, but the peace of mind knowing that he can never go out and it comes to find me … I am the only survivor.”
Greg and Kimberly are miserable with their young daughter Maranda, who survived the killings and spoke to Fox News Digif about her story about survival. Maranda said the family photo took the weekend before the killing of Greg and Kimberly. (Connie Ankney/Family Bulletin)
On Sunday morning in the spring of 1997, Greg and Kimberly, unfortunately, went to hunting in South Florida farmGreg, along with Maranda, who was 22 months old at the time.
The bodies of the deceased couple were discovered the next day, April 7, 1997, near their small truck in the middle of the field on a 7,000 -acre farm. The authorities found Maanda tied inside her car seat in the truck, after she survived the attack, according to court records.
“The poor Maranda, I just left for death. It was in reality to survive,” Greg's mother, previously, told Fox News. “The angels should be with it.”
Now 29 years old, Maranda had no memory of the attack itself, but she remembers the moment when she learned first Frank details From the case.
During her early years of childhood that her ancestors raised, Maranda was not aware of the circumstances surrounding her parents' death until she decided to take matters in her hands.
Greg and Kimberly at their wedding, just six months before they killed them. (Connie Ankney/Family Bulletin)
She said, “I was 13 years old … I was close to the anniversary of the murders. I was on my computer … and I was Google.” Because I didn't know how to ask … it was a snare. “
Investigators in the case He discovered that Greg Malnuri was shot in the head and hit him with his throat ring, Kimberly was sexually assaulted, brutally hit him and then shot, according to court records.
Maranda was in the car for more than 18 hours with the doors open wide and covered by her mother's blood.
“I did not realize that until I read it,” Marana said about the search for adolescence. “I collapsed because I came from fighters. My mother has made a battle, and so did my father.”
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The authorities said that while Ford was attacking Greg, Kimberly was doing everything she could to save her daughter, showing the presence of Kimberly's blood on the child's clothes.
Defense wounds She was found on the appearance of Kim's arms, which indicates that she had set a conflict, according to court records.
“I think frankly if I could find the keys to my father's trucks, she would go for help,” said Maranda. “That's why I was in my car seat … I would have got help after I saw what happened to my father.”
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Greg and Kimberly are bad during the honeymoon, according to their daughter Maranda. They were killed on the South Florida farm in 1997, six months after their wedding. (MARANDA MalNory)
Malnuri Malnuri, 22 -month -old, was found at the time, left in her car seat at the family of the family of the family on a farm southwest of Florida. (Charlotte Sharif County Office)
While achieving the law, the law was learned that Ford was seen with the victims in the crime area immediately before the killings, and then was later seen in the same evening “in the event of his bloodshed on his face, hands and clothes,” according to court documents. Ford was also observed the next day to kill killing with scratches on his body.
Maranda explained that Ford, who was a colleague in Greg at the Charlotte County farm, called himself to his family's picnic that day.
“She said: “This is somewhat unable to speak. This hatred is a lot … for the people I worked with and the people you know.”
DNA Greg Malnouri It was discovered on a knife in the Ford bedroom, and the Kimberly DNA was located in the Ford truck, and the Ford DNA was found on the body and clothes of Kimberly, as the court records appear.
“It was not the case until I was an adult. It became easier for me to ask questions … and asked her about the day when it happened,” said Maranda.
When she started to know more about the issue, she realized that her “interconnected” community was the reason for finding her and her parents as soon as they were in the middle of the field on the remote farm.
Maranda said: “This is in itself, if you ask me, it is … I do not want to call it a miracle, but it is.”
The authorities said that an employee of a farm south of Florida Al -Past “A gruesome discoveryIn April 1997, according to court records.
As an adult, Maranda had the opportunity to communicate with the man who found her as a young child and chose to talk to him directly.
“I said,“ Thank you for finding us, ”I shared.
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James Ford was executed in favor of murders in Greg and Kimberly Bensal. (The Ministry of Reform in Florida)
James Ford was executed for killing Greg and Kimberly luminous. (Charlotte Sharif County Office)
Greg and Kimberly met high school, and they got married just six months before their death. Greg's mother previously said that their chance to be the religion had been transferred very early.
Maranda said: “I think about them every day. I have their names and a tattoo on my wrist.” “They are my heroes … I think frankly that I will not be here if it were not for them.”
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The 29 -year -old said that she maintains the image of her parents, who carried her as a child, who was taken on the weekend before the killings, on her office to this day.
Maranda remembers telling her ancestors: “You are a mourning for the people who were on them, because I am sad for what could be.”
“It is this lost piece,” she added. “I wish I had known them … I would like to hear stories about it because it is on my way, it is recognized.”
The grave of Greg and Kimberly Pint, who were killed in 1997. (MARANDA MalNory)
Maranda today works in a private education with children and strives to return the favor to her community.
“I can do my role because of the things that were done for me,” she said. “Our society is gathered around us, even with implementation. “
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I condemn Ford Two first -class murder chargesSexual battery with a firearm, child abuse, and he was sentenced to death on June 3, 1999. He followed his execution in Florida in 2025 one in the state in 2024 and six in 2023.
“This affects me with some big ways and some small roads,” said Marana on the case. “I am terrified and loud noise … but I also think it makes me fight a little more … I fight every day to show him that he does not win. “
