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 ...

A jury’s recommendation that Bessman Okafor receive the death penalty was upheld by an Orange County judge on Monday, eight years after a U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting his initial death ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Bessman Okafor. It’s the third time prosecutors have tried to sentence Okafor for the 2012 killing of 19-year-old Alex Zaldivar.

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 ...

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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 jury has been seated in the resentencing trial for Bessman Okafor. Okafor was sentenced to death in 2015 for a 2012 murder of which he was convicted. He was previously sentenced ...