Michael Tanzi is scheduled to be executed in Florida on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of Janet Acosta. Tanzi's lawyers argued against the execution, citing developmental issues and health problems.

Officials have decided that the execution of Michael Tanzi, 48, will go ahead on Tuesday following the murder of newspaper employee, Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003. The Miami Herald employee was ...

Tanzi was on death row for more than two decades for the 2000 murder of 49-year-old Janet Acosta, who was attacked in broad daylight on her lunch break, kidnapped, raped and strangled. The brutal ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, was given a fatal injection at Florida State Prison and pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. for the ruthless murder of respected Miami Herald production worker Janet Acosta in April 2000.

Convicted killer Michael Tanzi, 48, is set to be executed on April 8, unless the court intervenes. Convicted murderer Michael Tanzi, 48, is set to be executed on April 8. Tanzi has been on death ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, is 6'3" and was last weighed at 383 lbs. Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in ...

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Michael Tanzi, 48, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the slaying of Janet Acosta, a 49-year-old Miami Herald employee. "What we have here is a fledgling serial killer," Miami police Detective ...