{"id":2055892,"date":"2023-10-04T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-florida-man-who-killed-2-women-executed\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:35:04","slug":"convicted-florida-man-who-killed-2-women-executed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-florida-man-who-killed-2-women-executed\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man convicted of killing two women executed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconvicted-florida-man-who-killed-2-women-executed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2055892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo via; Florida \u200cDepartment of Corrections\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Abril Elfi<\/h2>\n<p><strong>4:22 PM \u2013 Wednesday, October 4, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man convicted of killing\u200b two women just a day apart from each other in 1996 has been executed this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 54-year-old Michael\u200b Zack III, \u2063the man who killed two different women only a day\u200d apart\u200d at \u2063separate Florida bars, was put \u2064to death.<\/p>\n<p>Following a fatal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke, the convicted assailant\u2063 was pronounced \u2062dead\u2064 after \u200b6:14 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Zack\u2064 III reportedly refused a\u200b last \u2064meal and talked with his wife before the execution.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he wanted to say\u2062 any final\u200d words, he responded with, \u201cYes \u200dSir,\u201d and \u201cI love you all.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also released a \u200bstatement prior to his death, where he said \u201cI make no excuses, \u200cI lay\u2064 no blame,\u2062 but \u2063I\u2064 do wish\u200c I\u2064 could \u200chave a second chance, to live out my days in prison\u200b and continue to\u200d do all I can to make a difference in this world.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Zack has been executed in \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florida?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Florida<\/a>. Here is his final \u2063statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fUhaMlnHJE\">pic.twitter.com\/fUhaMlnHJE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FADP (@FADPorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FADPorg\/status\/1709334025825898528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In\u200d June 1996, Zack III was charged for the murder of Ravonne Smith, a bartender that he\u200b had\u2063 originally befriended \u200dbut who he later beat and\u2062 stabbed with an\u200d oyster knife. \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>He\u2064 was also found guilty and sentenced to \u2064life in\u200d prison for \u200bthe \u200dmurder of Laura \u200dRosillo, whom he met at another \u2064Florida Panhandle pub.<\/p>\n<p>Zack III began\u2062 his nine-day criminal spree in Tallahassee, the state\u2062 capital, \u2062where he was\u2064 a regular at\u2062 the \u200dpub. <\/p>\n<p>According to court records,\u200d when Zack\u2019s \u2064fianc\u00e9e called to tell\u200c him that he\u2062 was \u200cbeing evicted, the female bartender offered\u2062 him her pickup \u2063truck, which he \u2064borrowed but\u200b never returned.<\/p>\n<p>Later, records\u2064 state that\u2062 he drove to \u200ba tavern in Niceville, Florida, where \u2063he happened\u200c to\u200b meet the\u200d owner\u200d of a construction company.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>When the man discovered Zack III was living in the pickup truck, he invited him to stay at\u200c his house where the convicted murderer went on to steal $42 and two pistols in order to pawn off the guns for money.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly encountered\u2063 Rosillo at yet another pub and\u2063 asked\u2062 her \u200cto go with\u2062 him to the beach so that \u2064they could do drugs together, according\u2063 to the report.\u2062 Soon after, he beat her, dragged her partially dressed into\u2062 the dunes,\u200c and strangled her.<\/p>\n<p>Zack III went to \u200da Pensacola bar the next \u200bday and \u2062met Smith. <\/p>\n<p>Him and Smith went\u200d to\u200b the\u2064 beach to\u200b smoke marijuana, and she subsequently took him to \u200dher boyfriend\u2019s house where Zack III reportedly smashed\u200b her over the head with a bottle,\u2062 slammed her head into the floor, raped her, and then stabbed her four times in the \u200dcenter of the\u2062 chest with the oyster \u200cknife.<\/p>\n<p>He then\u2062 reportedly\u200d stole the woman\u2019s television, VCR, pocketbook, and attempted\u200b to\u2062 pawn those\u2064 items as well.\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Records\u2063 stated\u2064 that Zack III\u200b escaped and hid in an empty house for around two days before being \u200dcaught. \u2062The pawn shop owner had a suspicion that the items \u2062he was \u200dbringing in were stolen,\u2063 so he alerted \u200bpolice. <\/p>\n<p>The killer confessed to murdering Smith and claimed that he only \u200dbecame upset and attacked \u2063her \u2063after she had mentioned his \u2063mother\u2019s murder, which his sister had committed. <\/p>\n<p>He also\u200d claimed that he stabbed Smith in self-defense \u200cbecause he feared that she was going to \u2062another room\u2063 to fetch a gun. <\/p>\n<p>His execution was reportedly the 6th one in the state this year so far. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2062 breaking news blasts \u200bdirectly to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u2064 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom\u2064 has quietly repealed AB-2098. \u2063The law empowered California\u2019s \u2064Medical Board to\u2062 take action against any doctor\u200c who spreads\u2063 so-called &#8220;COVID-19 Disinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden and his Administration announced additional Student\u200b Loan \u200dForgiveness\u200c measures today. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and people are raising\u200d awareness and celebrating women\u200c all \u2064over the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman James Comer,\u200b who \u200bis\u200d chairing the\u2064 House impeachment inquiry into \u200bJoe Biden, tells One America \u2064News \u201cwe\u2019re following the money\u201d with the issuance of \u200csubpoenas for Jim Biden\u2019s financial records.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta \u200bis planning to lay off\u200c employees on \u200cWednesday \u2062in the unit\u200d of its metaverse-oriented \u2062Reality Labs division \u200dfocused \u200bon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-meta-to-lay-off-employees-in-metaverse-silicon-unit-on-wednesday\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Meta to cut jobs in metaverse silicon division this Wednesday.\">creating custom silicon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fraud trial got \u2064underway with jury selection on Tuesday,\u2063 nearly a year after his\u200c now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-threatens-to-oust-speaker-mccarthy\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz vows to remove Speaker McCarthy.\">-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange\u2019<\/a>s\u2062 collapse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case\/\" title=\"Court overturns 3.8M verdict against Johnson &#038; Johnson in talc cancer lawsuit.\">global cryptocurrency market remains\u2063 badly \u200bscarred<\/a> following \u2062the tumultuous \u200bcollapse of crypto exchange FTX and other big players last year<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A California federal judge has\u200d ruled people who own Tesla cars\u2063 must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msm-messaging-gov-shutdown-blame-game-covid-jab-campaign-smart-eyeglasses\/\" title=\"MSM Messaging: Media Communication\nGov. Shutdown Blame Game: Political Finger-Pointing\nCOVID Jab Campaign: Vaccination Drive\nSMART Eyeglasses: Intelligent Glasses\">pursue autopilot claims<\/a> in individual arbitration rather than court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>\n<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Man Convicted of Killing Two Women in \u200bFlorida Executed<\/p>\n<p>On October 4, 2023, Michael Zack III, a 54-year-old man convicted of killing two women \u2063in 1996, was executed at Florida State Prison in Starke. Zack \u200bIII, \u200dwho committed the murders just a day apart at separate Florida bars, was pronounced dead at 6:14 \u200bp.m.\u200d following a\u2064 fatal injection.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being given the opportunity for \u2064a last meal, Zack III refused and instead chose\u200d to talk with his wife prior to his execution. When asked if he wanted to say any final words, he\u2063 responded with, &#8220;Yes Sir,&#8221; and &#8220;I \u200dlove you all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released \u200bbefore his death, Zack III expressed remorse and a desire for a second chance to make a difference in the world from within prison. He said, &#8220;I make no excuses, I lay no blame, but I do wish I could have a second chance, to live out my days in prison \u2064and continue to do all I can to make a\u200c difference in\u2062 this world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zack III&#8217;s crimes took place in June 1996. He was charged with the murder of Ravonne \u200bSmith, a bartender he had initially\u2064 befriended\u200b but later beat and stabbed with an oyster knife. He was also found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Laura Rosillo, whom he met at another Florida Panhandle pub.<\/p>\n<p>Zack III began his criminal spree in Tallahassee, where he \u200bwas a regular at a local pub. 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