TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A person convicted of kidnapping a girl in Miami and later strangling her to demise is ready to be achieved subsequent month beneath a demise warrant Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday.
Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be achieved April 8 at Florida State Jail.
Janet Acosta used to be seated inside of her parked van in April 2000 when Tanzi attacked her and threatened her with a razor blade, in step with court docket paperwork. Tanzi certain and gagged the lady and started heading towards the Florida Keys in her van. Tanzi sexually assaulted Acosta at one level and used her credit card to take cash from ATMs.
Tanzi ultimately drove to an remoted house of Cudjoe Key, the place he strangled Acosta and left her frame, officers stated. He then drove to Key West to seek advice from buddies. As Tanzi used to be making his method throughout the Keys, Acosta’s buddies reported her lacking. Police known the lady’s van and arrested Tanzi.
Tanzi’s execution will be the state’s 3rd to this point this 12 months. James Dennis Ford used to be put to demise in February for murdering a pair in 1997 in Charlotte County. Edward James is scheduled to be achieved March 20 for murdering a girl and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole County in 1993.
