The court proceedings took place at the Highlands County Courthouse, where Judge Angela Cowden delivered the sentence. Xaver showed no visible emotion, though he appeared to gulp as the judge ...

By TERRY SPENCER A former prison guard trainee who executed five women inside a Florida bank almost six years ago was sentenced to death on Monday as his judge called the slayings calculated, ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Zephen Xaver, 27, appeared to gulp but otherwise showed no emotion as Judge Angela Cowden pronounced the sentence at the Highlands County ...

The man, Zephen Xaver, 27, will have his case automatically appealed to the Florida Supreme Court. By Alexandra E. Petri A Florida man who killed five women inside a bank in January 2019 by ...

SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) – Judge Angela Cowden sentenced Zephen Xaver – the man who killed five women at a bank in Sebring, Florida – to death, following the recommendation from jurors at his ...

Xaver pleaded guilty last year to five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of five individuals in 2019.

Judge Angela Cowden has sentenced Zephen Xaver to death, following the recommendation from jurors at his sentencing trial in June.