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Convicted killer Bessman Okafor was in Orange County court Monday morning for what should be the last hearing before a judge decides whether he’ll get the death penalty.RELATED: Jury recommends ...
Bessman Okafor sentenced to death more than a decade after murdering man in Orange County. Bessman Okafor was found guilty of killing a man to stop him from testifying in a home invasion trial.
ORLANDO, Fla. – A judge heard testimony and allowed evidence to be submitted ahead of sentencing for Bessman Okafor, the man who was convicted in the 2012 murder of Alex Zaldivar.. During a ...
“(Bessman Okafor) needs to get back on death row and wait his time out, and I hope that happens,” Zaldivar said. “The last face he’s going to remember is my face with a picture of my son ...
Bessman Oakfor’s sentencing set for Monday 12 years after the crime the fate of Bessman Okafor will be sealed on Monday. (WFTV) The 19-year-old was a key witness in that case.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Convicted killer Bessman Okafor is once again going before a jury to decide if he should get the death penalty for the 2012 murder of a witness to a home invasion. Jury selection ...
A judge has accepted a jury’s recommendation to put Bessman Okafor back on death row. On Monday, a judge handed down that sentence more than a decade after Okafor murdered 19-year-old Alex ...
On Wednesday, a jury recommended Bessman Okafor, who was found guilty in 2015 of killing a man in Orange County, be given the death penalty.The 9-3 verdict was reached just before 4 p.m.In his ...
Under heavy guard by Orange County Corrections officers, Bessman Okafor makes eye contact with Rafael Zaldivar, father of slain son Alex Zaldivar, after a pretrial hearing Thursday, April 17, 2014 ...
BESSMAN OKAFOR BE SENTENCED TO DIE FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 19 YEAR OLD ALEX ZALDIVAR. IT SEEMED THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED IN 2015, BUT HIS DEATH SENTENCE WAS THROWN OUT BY THE FLORIDA SUPREME ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A juror accused of derailing the resentencing trial of convicted killer Bessman Okafor was told she could be looking at six months in jail during a hearing Thursday morning.