Florida man faces execution for killing of woman on break from work at The Miami Herald

A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald is set to be executed on Tuesday evening.

Barring a late reprieve, Michael Tanzi is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 abduction and strangling of Janet Acosta.

A production worker at the newspaper, the victim was beaten, robbed, driven to the Florida Keys and then strangled and her body left on an island…

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