Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, a production worker at the South Florida paper.

Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta.

Michael Tanzi, a Florida death row inmate once branded a “fledgling serial killer,” has been executed for the brutal kidnapping and murder of a newspaper employee 24 years ago. Officials ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the slaying of Janet Acosta, a 49-year-old Miami Herald employee.

Convicted killer Michael Tanzi was executed by lethal injection in Florida on Tuesday. Tanzi had launched a last-minute wave of appeals to stave off his execution. Lawyers argued that Tanzi was ...

It is not surprising that a jury convicted the murderer—Michael Tanzi—and unanimously decided that he should be executed. He was put to death Tuesday evening by lethal injection.

Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, authorities said.

Michael Tanzi, a Florida death row inmate once branded a “fledgling serial killer,” has been executed for the brutal kidnapping and murder of a newspaper employee 24 years ago.