Kisan Greg da Kimberly Malnory

A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1997, Gregory Philip "Quinn" Malnory mai shekaru 25 (18 ga Yuli, 1971 - 6 ga Afrilu, 1997) da Kimberly Ann Malnory mai shekaru 26 (wanda aka haifa a Parkinson; 9 ga Nuwamba, 1970 - 6 ga Afrilu, 1997) an kashe su ne ta hannun James Dennis Ford mai shekaru 36 a gonar Sod ta Kudancin Florida da ke Charlotte County, Florida, bayan da Ford ya jawo ma'auratan zuwa gonar da nufin yin kamun kifi. Ford ya yi wa Malnorys duka ya kuma harbe su, ya yi wa Kimberly fyade kafin ya kashe ta, sannan ya bar 'yarsu Maranda mai watanni 22 ita kaɗai a cikin motarsu ta pickup. An same Ford da laifin kisan kai biyu kuma an yanke masa hukuncin kisa a 1999. Bayan sama da shekaru 25 a zaman hukuncin kisa, an kashe Ford ta hanyar allurar riga-kafi a gidan yarin Jihar Florida a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2025."Florida man convicted of killing couple set to die in state's 1st execution of 2025". NBC Miami. January 10, 2025.

 Kisan kai Biyu 
A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1997, wani wanda aka sani da saninsa ya kai hari kuma ya kashe wasu ma'aurata a lokacin tafiyarsu ta kamun kifi a wata gonar kifi da ke Charlotte County, Florida.[2]

A wannan ranar, abokin aikin Greg James Dennis Ford ya gayyaci Gregory Philip Malnory Jr. da matarsa ​​Kimberly Ann Malnory zuwa gonar Sod ta Kudancin Florida, wanda ya shirya tafiyar kamun kifi tare da ma'auratan a gonar. Malnorys da 'yarsu Maranda mai watanni 22 sun isa gonar a cikin motar danginsu.[3]

Bayan ma'auratan sun isa wannan rana, Ford ya kai musu hari da bindiga. Ya fara kai wa Greg hari, ya harbe shi a kai kafin ya buge shi da wani makami mai kama da na'urar da aka yi zaton ba ta dace ba sannan ya yanke masa makogwaro. Kimberly, wacce ta samu rauni a wancan lokacin, ta tsere ta kuma sami nasarar ceton 'yarta ta hanyar ɗaure ta a bayan motar. Duk da haka, Ford ta kama Kimberly ta kai mata hari, ta yi mata fyade kafin ya yi mata duka da ƙarfi ya kuma kashe ta da bindigar.[4][3]

Washegari, a ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1997, wani ma'aikacin gona ya gano gawarwakin Malnorys; 'yarsu Maranda, wacce aka makale na tsawon sama da awanni 18 a cikin motar, tana da rai amma ta bushe, tana fama da cizon kwari, kuma tana da alamun jinin mahaifiyarta a jikinta. An kai Maranda Asibitin St. Joseph da ke Port Charlotte.[5][6][7]

Rahoton gawarwaki ya nuna cewa an samu akalla raunuka bakwai a kai da fuskar Greg, wataƙila ta hanyar gatari, kuma an yanke makogwaro kusan daga kunne zuwa kunne. Likitan da ke duba lafiyar ya tabbatar da cewa Greg ya nakasa sakamakon harsashin da ke kansa, kuma raunukan da suka faru sakamakon buguwa da raunin da ya yanke sun yi sanadiyyar mutuwar Greg. Kimberly ta samu raunuka guda tara a kanta, daya daga cikinsu ya karye ya ratsa kwanyarta, kuma an gano maniyyin Ford a yankin farjinta, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa Ford ya yi mata fyade kafin ya kashe ta ta hanyar buguwa da harbi.[3]

 Kamawa da tuhume-tuhumen laifuka 
Ba a kama Ford ba sai a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1997, lokacin da aka tabbatar shi ne mutum na ƙarshe da ya ga Malnorys da rai, kuma binciken ya gano shi a cikin kisan. Da farko Ford ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya ga ma'auratan da rai bayan ya bar su da 'yarsu don su je farauta su kaɗai, kuma ya ƙara da cewa lokacin da ya koma motarsa, bai taɓa ganin ko ma'auratan suna da rai ko sun mutu da kuma yadda suka mutu ba. Duk da haka, bayanan Ford sun ƙunshi rashin daidaito da yawa kuma shaidu sun tabbatar da cewa Ford ya kasance na ƙarshe tare da ma'auratan kafin mutuwarsu da kuma gano gawarwakinsu.[8][9]

Don haka aka tsare Ford a hannun 'yan sanda kuma a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1997, an tuhume shi da tuhume-tuhume biyu na kisan kai na farko,[10] wani laifi wanda ke ɗauke da hukuncin kisa a ƙarƙashin dokar jihar Florida. Babban alkalan kotun Charlotte County sun tuhumi Ford a hukumance a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1997, bisa tuhume-tuhume daban-daban na kisan kai na mataki na farko, kisan kai na mataki na farko, fashi da makami, cin zarafin yara da cin zarafin yara.[11] Masu gabatar da ƙara sun kuma bayyana aniyarsu ta neman hukuncin kisa kan Ford a watan Mayun 1997.[12]

 Shari'ar James Dennis FordTarihin Ford 
Ford

An haifi James Dennis Ford a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1960, kuma ya kasance yana da matsala a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa; a cewar kafofin watsa labarai da majiyoyin kotu, mahaifinsa mashayi ne, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ta bar iyalinsa ta bar shi yana da shekaru 14. Duk da haka, Ford da mahaifinsa suna da alaƙa ta kud da kud, kuma bayan ya bar makaranta, Ford ya tafi aiki tare da mahaifinsa a matsayin mai kula da makabarta.

Mahaifinsa Ford ya mutu yana da shekaru 52 lokacin da Ford yake cikin shekarunsa na 20, kuma a cewar abokansa da matarsa ​​ta farko, Ford ya yi matuƙar baƙin ciki da mutuwar mahaifinsa har ya zama alamar farkon shan giyarsa; yayin da ya fara shan giya yana da shekaru 24, bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, ya yi aiki har zuwa gwangwani 24 na giya a rana. An ambaci shan giyar Ford a matsayin abin da ya sa ya aikata kisan kai sau biyu. Duk da haka, a farkon rayuwarsa, Ford ba shi da wani babban tarihin aikata laifuka kuma an lura cewa shi mutum ne mara tashin hankali, bisa ga shaidar iyalinsa da abokansa.[13]

 Hukunci da Hukuncin Kisa 
An fara shirya fara shari'ar kisan kai ta Ford a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1999, bayan da alkalin ya ki amincewa da bukatar mai kare na yin ƙorafi ga shaidun shari'ar.[14] An dage ranar fara shari'ar zuwa ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1999, bayan zaman sauraren ƙara inda alkalin ya yanke hukuncin cewa Ford yana da ikon ci gaba da shari'arsa kan kisan kai biyu,[15] kuma an fara zaɓen alkalai a wannan watan.[16]

A lokacin shari'ar, masu gabatar da ƙara sun gabatar da shaidu daban-daban don tabbatar da cewa Ford ya aikata laifin kisan kai, musamman shaidar bincike, ciki har da gaskiyar cewa bayanin DNA na maniyyi a jikin Kimberly ya yi daidai da na Ford. An gano cewa wukar aljihun Ford da aka kama daga gidansa tana ɗauke da alamun DNA na Greg kuma sassan bindiga da aka gano a wurin kisan an tabbatar da cewa sun fito ne daga bindigar Ford. Duk da haka, masu kare lafiyar sun nemi musanta sahihancin shaidar DNA da aka yi amfani da ita a kan Ford kuma sun yi iƙirarin cewa samfuran sun gurɓata kuma ya kamata a yi tambaya game da sahihancin sakamakon.[17] Masu kare hakkin sun kuma nemi alkalan da su wanke Ford daga kisan gillar domin babu wani dalili ko dalili da ya sa Ford ta kashe ma'auratan.[18]

A ranar 8 ga Maris, 1999, alkalan sun sami Ford da laifin cin zarafin yara da bindiga, cin zarafin yara, da kuma tuhume-tuhume biyu na kisan kai na mataki na farko. Tuhumen cin zarafin yara yana da alaka da Ford ta bar 'yar Malnorys a cikin motarsu bayan ta kashe iyayenta, kuma tuhumar cin zarafin yara tana da alaka da fyaden Kimberly.[19][20][21] An shirya fara shari'ar yanke hukuncin Ford a watan Afrilun 1999.[22]

Masu gabatar da kara sun nemi hukuncin kisa ga Ford bisa dalilin cewa Ford ta yi niyyar kashe ma'auratan da gangan, yi wa Kimberly fyade, da kuma barin wata jaririya ita kadai kusa da wurin da iyayenta suka mutu. A halin yanzu, masu kare hakkin sun bukaci alkalan da su tausaya wa Ford, suna masu jayayya cewa shan barasa da miyagun kwayoyi ya haifar da raguwar alhakin da ke tattare da maye. A ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1999, da kuri'u mafi rinjaye na 11-1, alkalan sun ba da shawarar hukuncin kisa kan tuhume-tuhumen kisan kai.[23][24] An ba iyalan Malnorys damar ba da bayanai kan tasirin wadanda abin ya shafa ga kotu kafin a yanke wa Ford hukunci.[25]

A ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1999, Alkalin Kotun Da'ira Cynthia Ellis ta yanke wa Ford hukuncin kisa saboda kisan kai biyu a lokacin shari'ar da aka yanke masa. An kuma yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru biyar a gidan yari saboda cin zarafin yara kuma an yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru fiye da 19 a lokaci guda (tare da mafi karancin wa'adin shekaru uku) saboda laifin cin zarafin jima'i.[3]

Ƙarar Ford

A ranar 13 ga Satumba, 2001, Kotun Koli ta Florida ta yi watsi da daukaka karar kai tsaye da Ford ta yi kan hukuncin da aka yanke masa da kuma hukuncin da aka yanke masa.[3][26][27]

A ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 2007, Kotun Koli ta Florida ta sake yin watsi da daukaka kara ta biyu ta Ford, inda ya yi zargin cewa lauyan lauyoyi marasa inganci ne ya wakilce shi, kuma ya nemi a soke hukuncin kisa guda biyu da kuma hukuncin kisa biyu da aka yanke masa.[28][29]

A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 2009, Kotun Daukaka Kara ta 11 ta yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford.[30]

A ranar 14 ga Maris, 2012, Kotun Koli ta Amurka ta yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford, ta haka ta kawo karshen duk hanyoyin daukaka kara na yau da kullun.[31]

A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 2015, an kuma yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford ta uku ga Kotun Koli ta Florida.[32] A ranar 23 ga Janairu, 2018, Kotun Koli ta Florida ta yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford ta hudu don neman sassauci bayan yanke hukunci.[33]

 Kisa 
A ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2025, Gwamnan Jihar Florida Ron DeSantis ya sanya hannu kan sammacin kisan Ford, inda ya ba da umarnin a aiwatar da hukuncin kisa a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2025, a Gidan Yarin Jihar Florida, inda aka tsare shi a gidan yarin da ake yanke masa hukuncin kisa tun 1999.[34][35]

Ford ya shigar da jerin daukaka kara na karshe don dakatar da hukuncin kisa. A wannan watan, alkalin gundumar Charlotte ya yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford, bayan ya yi watsi da hujjar cewa Ford yana da shekarun tunani da ci gaba kamar na yaro mai shekaru 14. A ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 2025, Kotun Koli ta Florida ta yi watsi da daukaka karar Ford ta gaba kuma ta amince da hukuncin kotun.[36]

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