A man who was on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker cord back in 2005 will once again face a jury — who’s tasked with deciding if he should be executed for the grizzly slaying two decades ago.
Rafael Andres, 61, was convicted in 2014 of murdering 31-year-old waitress Yvette Fariñas. Fariñas, who worked at the restaurant at Miami International Airport, had hired Andres, a handyman, to do renovations at the efficiency she lived in with her boyfriend.
Andres — originally sentenced to death by a jury in a 9-3 vote — was granted a new sentencing trial due to constitutional issues surrounding the state’s death penalty. Andres is already serving a life sentence on other charges stemming from the murder.
Andres’ resentencing, which is still in jury selection, is expected to begin with opening arguments on Wednesday…