Steven Lorenzo writes to court intention to cease appeals of the death penalty

The Brief

  • A notorious killer from Tampa is withdrawing from the death row appeals process.
  • Steven Lorenzo faces the death penalty for two murders in the Tampa Bay Area.
  • His case will now come back to Hillsborough County court for what could be a final assessment.

TAMPA It’s been two years since Steven Lorenzo was sentenced to death for the murders of two Tampa men.

That sentencing in 2023 finally brought some semblance of closure for the families of Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz.

According to the court documents, Lorenzo and an accomplice abducted Galehouse and Wachholtz on separate occasions and tortured and murdered the men.

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