On April 8, that was Janet Acosta, whom Tanzi kidnapped and strangled near Key West. “You don’t have to choose sides,” DeLiberato said.

Michael Anthony Tanzi, seen here in his 2000 mugshot, was executed by lethal injection after carjacking, kidnapping and murdering Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta. CONTRIBUTED The Monroe County ...

UPI has contacted the Florida Department of Corrections for clarification. Tanzi was executed for the April 2000 murder of Janet Acosta. Court records state Acosta was attacked on April 25, 2000.

I doubt there will be many who will publicly mourn Tanzi's fate. And I sincerely hope that Janet Acosta's family and friends find some sense of closure or relief in the death of her killer.

Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling death of Janet Acosta.

Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling death of Janet Acosta.

Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, a production worker at the South Florida ...

Michael Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta.

Michael Tanzi, 48, died by lethal injection on Tuesday evening at the Florida State Prison. Tanzi confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta, who worked for the Miami Herald.