Florida executes killer of Miami newspaper employee

A 48-year-old man was executed by lethal injection in the southern US state of Florida on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a newspaper employee who was abducted while on her lunch break.

Michael Tanzi was put to death shortly after 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) at the Florida State Prison in Raiford for the murder of Janet Acosta, 49, prison officials said in a statement.

Tanzi is the third Death Row inmate to be executed in Florida this year and the 11th in the United States.

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