Florida man executed after being convicted of killing two women in 1996 - Beritaja

A Florida man has been executed complete The murders of 2 women in 1996, The authorities has announced.

Michael Zack III, 54, was killed by lethal injection astatine Florida State Prison astatine 6.14pm connected Tuesday.

His last words were: "I emotion you all."

Zack was executed for The sidesplitting of bartender Ravonne Smith, who he befriended earlier beating and stabbing her pinch an oyster knife.

He besides killed Laura Rosillo, a female he met in a bar, and was sentenced to life in situation for her murder.

In 1996, while astatine a Tallahassee barroom he was a regular at, he was told by his woman he was being evicted, starring to him being offered The bartender's motortruck - but Zack took it and ne'er returned.

He past visited a barroom in Niceville wherever a building institution offered to fto him enactment complete - but alternatively he stole 2 guns and $42.

It was astatine different barroom he met Ms Rosillo, and invited her to The formation to return narcotics - but he hit her, dragged complete into immoderate dunes and strangled her, tribunal records say.

The pursuing day, Zack met Ms Smith, and took her to The formation to fume marijuana, earlier heading disconnected to her home.

While there, it is said he deed her complete The caput pinch a bottle, raped her and stabbed her 4 times in The chest, past made disconnected pinch The television, video subordinate and her purse.

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He attempted to pawn The physics goods, but The shop suspected they were stolen and Zack fled to an quiet location for 2 days earlier he was caught.

He admitted sidesplitting Ms Smith, saying he was enraged and hit her erstwhile she commented connected The execution of his mother, which was was carried retired by Zack's sister.

Zack besides told investigators he believed she was going to get a weapon from different room, claiming he was acting in self-defence.

There had been a past infinitesimal plea from Zack's lawyers to extremity The execution, who based on he suffered from foetal intoxicant syndrome and post-traumatic accent upset - but The enactment of execution was declined by The US Supreme Court.

Zack's execution is The sixth this twelvemonth and eighth nether Governor Ron DeSantis, who is attempting to make The decease punishment a cardinal portion of his statesmanlike campaign.