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

A death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis directs that 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison near Starke. Zakrzewski was sentenced to death for using a crowbar, a rope and a machete to murder his wife and two children in 1994 in their Okaloosa County home.

STARKE, Fla. — A former airman convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year.

The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was restored.

Edward Zakrzewski and his wife Sylvia had been going through marital problems; he had told a neighbor that he would rather kill his family than go through a divorce

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.

Florida has set a grim record with Zakrzewski's death; this year the state has executed more inmates than any other year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last record was eight executions in one year in 2014.

Florida has executed a 60-year-old Air Force veteran for killing his wife and two children in 1994, marking a record ninth execution for the Sunshine State.