HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. — Monday marked opening statements and the first day of testimony in the Zephen Xaver sentencing. Xaver has already pled guilty in the 2019 deaths of five women inside a ...

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Jurors voted 9-3 on Wednesday to recommend a death sentence for Sebring bank shooter Zephen Xaver, who killed five people in 2019. Politicians call for end to political violence after apparent ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The sentencing trial for convicted murderer Zephen Xaver entered its fourth day on Thursday. Xaver faces the death penalty or life in prison after he plead guilty to ...

SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) — Day 8 of Zephen Xaver’s sentencing trial saw testimony from the adults in his life who were concerned about his mental health when he was a teenager in Indiana.

While most people see Zephen Xaver as a killer, his high school counselor sees him as a broken boy who was failed by a broken system. With a blank stare ahead, Xaver sat motionless as the court ...

The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Zephen Xaver, surrendered to authorities and is in custody Greg Hanlon has been an editor in PEOPLE’s crime vertical since 2015. He has been covering crime ...

Zephen Xaver was not much for posting on social media. From Instagram to Twitter to Facebook, the 21-year-old man suspected of storming a Sebring bank and killing five people kept a low profile.

SEBRING, Fla. — Before jurors entered the courtroom for day eight of the sentencing trial of Zephen Xaver, lawyers on both sides argued over potential juror misconduct. A juror texted a co ...

On Jan. 23, the suspect, Zephen A. Xaver, 21, burst into the branch on U.S. Route 27 in Sebring, according to an affidavit released last month. He then made the five women inside the bank lay ...

Following his admission to the murders of five women in Sebring, Zephen Xaver’s lawyers called his parents to the stand in their aim to avoid the death penalty. On Tuesday, Xaver’s defense ...