TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A person convicted of kidnapping a girl in Miami and later strangling her to loss of life is about to be executed subsequent month beneath a loss of life warrant Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday.
Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Jail.
Janet Acosta was seated inside her parked van in April 2000 when Tanzi attacked her and threatened her with a razor blade, in line with court docket paperwork. Tanzi sure and gagged the lady and started heading towards the Florida Keys in her van. Tanzi sexually assaulted Acosta at one level and used her financial institution card to take cash from ATMs.
Tanzi ultimately drove to an remoted space of Cudjoe Key, the place he strangled Acosta and left her physique, officers stated. He then drove to Key West to go to buddies. As Tanzi was making his approach by means of the Keys, Acosta’s buddies reported her lacking. Police acknowledged the lady’s van and arrested Tanzi.
Tanzi’s execution can be the state’s third thus far this yr. James Dennis Ford was put to loss of life in February for murdering a pair in 1997 in Charlotte County. Edward James is scheduled to be executed March 20 for murdering a girl and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole County in 1993.
