Sentencing Trial Set to Begin for Florida Man Who Executed 5 Women at Bank in 2019

Published on May 20, 2024

This Jan. 23, 2019, booking photo released by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office shows Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison guard trainee is sentenced to death or life without parole. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the sentencing trial after numerous delays caused by the pandemic, legal wrangling and attorney illness. Xaver pleaded guilty last year to five counts of first-degree murder for the Jan. 23, 2019, massacre at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, about 84 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Tampa. The trial only will decide Xaver’s sentence. Opening statements are expected in two weeks, with the trial lasting about two months....

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