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Man Who Killed 2 Women He Met a Day Apart in North Florida Bars in 1996 Is Put to Death
ABC News ^ | October 2, 2023 | Brendan Farrington

Posted on 10/06/2023 3:33:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A man who killed two women he met a day apart at north Florida bars in 1996 has been executed

A man who killed two women after meeting them a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996 was put to death Tuesday evening.

Michael Zack III, 54, was pronounced dead minutes after 6:14 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.

The execution started promptly at 6 p.m. Zack was asked if he had any last words, and he answered, β€œYes sir.” He then lifted his head to look at the witnesses and said, β€œI love you all.”

He was executed for the murder of Ravonne Smith, a bar employee he befriended and later beat and stabbed with an oyster knife in June 1996. He also was convicted and separately sentenced to life in prison for murdering Laura Rosillo, who he met at another Florida Panhandle bar.

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1 posted on 10/06/2023 3:33:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Yikes 😳


2 posted on 10/06/2023 3:37:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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The victims’ families get justice after only 27 years.


3 posted on 10/06/2023 3:40:02 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: The people have spoken

Are they still alive to see it?


4 posted on 10/06/2023 3:42:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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5 posted on 10/06/2023 3:42:38 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: nickcarraway

Justice delayed is justice denied.
On the other hand, Better late than never.


6 posted on 10/06/2023 3:45:22 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: nickcarraway
> ... he met Rosillo and invited her to the beach to do drugs. He then beat her, dragged her partially clothed into the dunes, strangled her ... The next day he went to a Pensacola bar, where he met Smith. The two went to the beach to smoke marijuana ... he smashed her over the head with a bottle, slammed her head into the floor, raped her and stabbed her four times in the center of the chest with the oyster knife"

If only there was a warning sign which would have tipped the women off, they would be alive today.

7 posted on 10/06/2023 3:46:28 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ....)
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“The victims’ families get justice after only 27 years.”

Nope. He has been in jail since 1996. Sentenced to death in 1997.


8 posted on 10/06/2023 3:50:10 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: nickcarraway

And there were people still working to stop his execution.


9 posted on 10/06/2023 3:50:33 PM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: nickcarraway

Very easy. I’m a guy and I stay out of bars. Women should do the same. I can take care of myself very well thank you.
Drink at home. Girls if you are starving for attention there are far better places to go. Far better places to get drugs.


10 posted on 10/06/2023 3:53:29 PM PDT by rellic
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If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.


11 posted on 10/06/2023 3:54:45 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: nickcarraway

At least he didn’t have the opportunity to murder somebody else.


12 posted on 10/06/2023 3:55:31 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: rellic

So all women should never visit a bar again. Shirley, you can’t be serious.


13 posted on 10/06/2023 4:03:28 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive (Not your guinea pig dot com)
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To: Libloather
"Oh, hello..."


14 posted on 10/06/2023 4:20:20 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

Don’t call me Shirley.
Only in very limited situations eg you know everybody in the bar. Looking for love in all the wrong places ends up bad for most girls.


15 posted on 10/06/2023 4:23:52 PM PDT by rellic
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To: nickcarraway

Next!


16 posted on 10/06/2023 4:25:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The two women lived a few hours after meeting him in a bar. He lived 23 more year. I hope the put him into a 55 gallon drum and bury the drum at one of the exits from the prision to the exercise yard with the caption: “Who is next?”


17 posted on 10/06/2023 4:41:27 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: nickcarraway

Buh-bye.


18 posted on 10/06/2023 5:28:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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To: Rlsau1

He probably got marriage proposals, too.


19 posted on 10/06/2023 6:17:08 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (MURDER IS MYRDER)
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To: rellic

If you are starving for attention get a dog or a cat


20 posted on 10/06/2023 6:33:24 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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