FDLE INVESTIGATES. S. A JUROR IN A HIGH PROFILE MURDER CASE IS EXPECTED TO FACE SOME SERIOUS CHARGES. WE’VE BEEN COVERING THE RESENTENCING TRIAL FOR BESSMAN OKAFOR. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING A ...

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 Zaldivar.

WEBVTT LATER TODAY, THEY'LL BE IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI FOR AN EVENT HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS. RIGHT NOW, TESTIMONY HAS RESUMED IN THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE BESSMAN OKAFOR TRIAL. ONE DAY AFTER OKAFOR ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A jury on Wednesday afternoon recommended that a judge sentence Bessman Okafor to death for the 2012 killing of 19-year-old Alex Zaldivar. That was the second time a jury had ...

In 2015, Bessman Okafor was convicted of killing 19-year-old Alex Zaldivar three years earlier. Changes in state law reversed his initial death sentence, but now it’s back in play. Last October, ...

Bessman Okafor, convicted of killing a 19-year-old witness in 2012, might not face another jury to decide whether he should live or die until early 2020, eight years after the murder. “To me, it’s ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Tempers flared on Tuesday as the man convicted of killing a 19-year-old Ocoee home invasion witness was back in Orange County courtroom for a sentencing hearing. Attorneys for ...

Read full article: Jury selection begins in resentencing trial of Bessman Okafor Kayla De Pena ordered to spent 179 days in jail for contempt of court ORLANDO, Fla. – A judge heard testimony and ...

An Orlando jury has resentenced Bessman Okafor to death on a 9-3 vote, seven years after the state Supreme Court overturned an earlier, non-unanimous death penalty sentence. The jury’s Wednesday ...

Jurors heard emotional testimony as a woman talked about the night her roommate was killed in a home invasion. “I crossed my hands and feet to get tied up and it just stayed quiet," shooting victim ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge decided not to give convicted killer Bessman Okafor the death penalty after the Florida Supreme Court reversed a previous ruling. Okafor is convicted in the ...