Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

The state of Florida has executed a 63-year-old prisoner for the rape and murder of 8-year-old Toni Neuner and his 58-year-old grandmother.The events occurred in 1993 in Casselberry.Read more]]>

Florida man executed for killing 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

Edward James was executed Thursday night after pleading guilty to the 1993 killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother.

Florida Man Executed for Killings of 8-Year-Old Girl and Her Grandmother

STARKE, Fla.—A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He drew the death penalty after pleading guilty to the Sept. 19, 1993, killings of Toni Neuner, 8, and her grandmother, Betty Dick, 58. As h…

Florida man executed for killings of 8-year-old girl, grandmother

A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been executed.

Florida executes man who killed am 8-year-old girl and her grandmother in 1993

The State of Florida on Thursday executed a death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl and then killing her grandmother while heavily intoxicated in 1993.

Obit: Florida man remembered for life of 'Marlboros, fast women, and Ford Broncos'

BRANDON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man is being remembered for leading a life consisting of "Marlboros, fast women, and Ford Broncos," according to an obituary published earlier this week. Arthur Nixon Bates IV died on March 5, 2025. His obituary was published in the Tampa Bay Times about two weeks later, with the author stating that Bates succumbed to his "life of drugs" and other life choices. Florida man to be executed today for the killin…