US EditionFlorida man executed for the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor
Norman Grim was executed for the 1998 rape and murder of Cynthia Campbell, marking Florida's 15th execution in 2025, nearly doubling its previous annual record.
- A Florida man, Norman Mearle Grim Jr., was executed on Tuesday for the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor, Cynthia Campbell.
- Grim, 65, was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Campbell, whose battered body was found by a fisherman with blunt force trauma and stab wounds.
- This was Florida's 15th execution in 2025, the highest annual number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
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A 65-year-old man convicted of rape and murder of a woman in 1998 was executed in Florida on Tuesday by lethal injection. Norman Grim withdrew appeals against his death sentence and died at 18H14 local (22H14 GMT) in a Florida state prison, reported the Department of Corrections of this southern state of the United States. Grim was convicted of rape and murder of Cynthia Campbell, 41, a lawyer who was her neighbor. He was sentenced to the death …
New York Post
Florida sets record with 15th execution as man dies for 1998 rape, murder of neighbor
Florida on Tuesday carried out its 15th execution of the year — a record under Gov. Ron DeSantis — putting to death Norman Mearle Grim Jr., who was convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor more than two decades ago.
Santa Rosa Man Executed For 1998 Rape, Murder Of His Neighbor : NorthEscambia.com
A Santa Rosa County man was executed Tuesday night for raping and murdering his next-door neighbor in 1998. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, was pronounced deceased at Florida State Prison near Starke, Grim was convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery for the 1988 murder of his neighbor, Cynthia Campbell. After she was reported missing, her body was [...]
In Florida, a convicted rapist and murderer has been executed. It was the 15th execution in this U.S. state this year – a new negative record.
41 people have so far been executed in the United States in 2025, the highest number in more than a decade.
Florida executed this Tuesday by lethal injection to Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, convicted of rape and murder of his neighbor Cynthia Campbell in 1998. According to the Department of Corrections, the execution was consumed at 18:14 local time (22:14 GMT) in Florida State Prison near Starke. Grim had resigned from filing further appeals early in October, and his death sentence—imposed in 2000—was firm.Read more]]>
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