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Santa Rosa Man Executed For 1998 Rape, Murder Of His Neighbor
October 29, 2025
A Santa Rosa County man was executed Tuesday night for raping and murdering his next-door neighbor in 1998.
Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, was pronounced deceased at Florida State Prison near Starke,
Grim was convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery for the 1988 murder of his neighbor, Cynthia Campbell.
After she was reported missing, her body was found by a fisherman at the Pensacola Beach Bridge. She had suffered 11 stab wounds to her chest, along with multiple blunt-force injuries to her face and head that were consistent with being struck by a hammer.
Grim was the 15th inmate executed in Florida in 2025.
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5 Responses to “Santa Rosa Man Executed For 1998 Rape, Murder Of His Neighbor”
1988? 37 years. Wow.
The average annual cost to house a prison inmate in Florida is $27k. This guy was convicted in 2000. So that’s around $675,000 we spent on this guy.
No reason why this person was on death row this long!! Should have happened immediately !!! All this Pete and repeat over and over again should be stopped !!!
Good Riddance, Let’s see if Florida can get 50 this year.
Justice served. He lived longer than his victim.