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8 hours ago · Ex-prison guard trainee may face death for killing 5 women in Florida bank, jury votes Xaver pleaded guilty last year to five counts of first-degree murder, negating a planned trial that was ...
8 hours ago · However, Xaver entered a guilty plea to five charges of first-degree murder last year. The victims of Xaver’s actions included customer Cynthia Watson, 65, who had only been married for a month; Marisol Lopez, 55, a mother of two; Ana Pinon-Williams, 38, a mother of seven; Debra Cook, 54, a grandmother and mother of two; and banker Jessica Montague, 31, a mother of one and stepmother of four.
8 hours ago · Jury recommends death for bank shooter. Defendant Zephen Xaver has a seat near his attorney Jane McNeill on Wednesday just before closing statements in the penalty trial after his conviction of the first-degree murder of five women. Zephen Xaver entered the courtroom on Wednesday knowing the jury would be recommending life in prison or the ...
1 day ago · The final decision rests with Circuit Judge Angela Cowden, who could reject the jury's recommendation and sentence Xaver to life in prison without parole. She said she will set a sentencing date after a hearing next month. Under a 2023 Florida law, the jury only had to vote 8-4 favoring the death penalty for Cowden to impose that sentence.
7 hours ago · Jurors voted 9-3 to recommend Zephen Xaver receive the death penalty for the Jan. 23, 2019, murders at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, about 85 miles southeast of Tampa. Xaver, 27, stared straight ...
8 hours ago · Angela Butler, a senior forensic DNA analyst with the Serological Research Institute, testifies at the Kristin Smart murder trial for Paul Flores and his father Ruben Flores at Monterey Superior ...
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When reached for comment by The Tribune to ask if there was a way to confirm whether the Smart case was affected by the error, a SERI employee laughed, said “no” and hung up the phone. In 2022, SERI senior forensic DNA analyst Angela Butler testified during the Smart trial that the lab tested for both the presence of human blood and DNA.
