Nearly 25 years after Janet Acosta, a beloved Miami Herald employee, was kidnapped and killed, her convicted murderer, ...

Michael Tanzi, convicted nearly 25 years ago for the murder of Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee, is slated for execution ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who was found guilty of murdering Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003, is set to face the ultimate punishment on ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who faces execution for murdering Janet Acosta, 49, may be spared the death penalty due to his obesity and ...

The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.

A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 10 signed a death warrant for Tanzi, who was convicted in the April 2000 murder of Janet Acosta.

The 2000 Florida Keys murder of Janet Acosta Janet Acosta was seated inside her parked van in April 2000 when Tanzi attacked her and threatened her with a razor blade, according to court documents.

Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Prison. Janet Acosta was seated inside her parked van in April 2000 when Tanzi attacked her and threatened her with a razor ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, is scheduled to be executed April 8 at Florida State Prison. Janet Acosta, 49, a supervisor in the Miami Herald layout department, was seated inside her parked van in April 2000 ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of Janet Acosta in 2000, and after over two decades of serving time, Governor Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant. However ...