A Highlands County jury has sentenced Zephen Xaver, 27, to death last week for the execution-style murder of five women at a SunTrust Bank in Sebring in 2019. Xaver pleaded guilty in March 2023 to five counts of first-degree murder with a firearm for the deaths of Marisol Lopez, Debra Cook, Ana Williams, Jessica Montague, and Cynthia Watson. The jury’s 9-3 decision in favor of the death penalty followed a lengthy penalty phase.