Overview

• Jones, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. ET after a three‑drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, according to the governor’s office.
• He was convicted in 1993 for the 1990 Miami-Dade robbery-murders of Jacob and Matilda Nestor, with police finding him wounded at the scene carrying the victims’ belongings.
• The Florida Supreme Court denied claims of intellectual disability and past abuse at a state reform school, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined a final stay hours before the execution.
• Florida leads the nation with 13 executions in 2025 as the U.S. total reached 34 this year, the most since 2014, with two more Florida executions scheduled for Oct. 14 and Oct. 28.
• The state uses a sedative, a paralytic and a heart-stopping drug for executions, and Jones declined to make a final statement as the victims’ daughter said she forgave him and planned to attend.