Edward Zakrzewski, a former Eglin Air Force airman, was sentenced to death for killing his wife and two children in 1994.

Florida has carried out one-third of the 27 executions so far this year. With 10 more state killings planned, the US is on track to execute 37 people in 2025 compared to 25 in 2024.

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children was put to death Thursday, becoming the ninth person executed in Florida this year and setting a state record for a single-year total since the Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago.