Florida death row inmate Michael Tanzi’s directed chilling last words to murdered victim’s family

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

Michael Tanzi was put to death via lethal injection at Florida State Prison at approximately 6:12 p.m EDT on Tuesday for the April 2000 abduction and strangling of Janet Acosta, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

In a final statement minutes before the lethal injection drugs began flowing, Tanzi addressed members of the victims family who were in attendance in the death chamber.

In a final statement, his voice barely audible, Tanzi said, “I want to apologize to the family” and then recited a verse from the Bible…

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