RAIFORD, Fla. — Victor Tony Jones was on death row for more than 30 years.
On Tuesday at 6 p.m., the 64-year-old was put to death by lethal injection.
6 p.m. report:
Jones was convicted of killing Jacob and Matilda Nestor during a robbery in December 1990.
The married couple, in their 60s, owned Nestor Engineering in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
They gave Jones odd jobs around the business.
“My father even would have helped him, in the sense that he would have taken him in and start to train him to teach him about the mechanics and all that stuff,” said Irene Fisher, the victim’s daughter. “That’s the kind of guy that he was.”
Jones’ death was something that Fisher had been waiting for.
“I’m 76 years old, and I didn’t think I’d be alive to see it,” she said.
The couple’s son, Michael, died from cancer at 76 years old. His death was connected to being at the Twin Towers attack in 2001. He never got to see the death sentence carried out.
When Fisher learned the state would be executing Jones, she visited her parents’ graves in New York to tell them the news.
She made the decision to attend the execution in Florida, sitting in the front row surrounded by family.
The state gives families the option to attend if they choose. No one from Jones’ family was in attendance.
“I’ll tell you, after seeing what I saw tonight, I feel I wish my parents had that opportunity to die so gracefully,” said Fisher. “Close your eyes and just go. They were violently killed.”
For Fisher, it was a sense of closure after more than three decades.
“I absolutely forgive him,” she said. “He’s done. I never have to hear his name again.”
According to prison officials, Jones woke up at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
He met with his spiritual advisor and had his last meal.
Jones is the thirteenth execution in Florida this year, a record year for the state.
Florida leads the nation in executions this year, and more are on the calendar.
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