Zephen Xaver, 27, appeared to gulp but otherwise showed no emotion as Circuit Judge Angela Cowden pronounced the sentence at the Highlands County Courthouse in Sebring.

Zephen Xaver pleaded guilty to five counts of murder for killing Ana Piñon Williams, Debra Cook, Marisol Lopez, Cynthia Watson and Jessica Montague at a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida in 2019.

Zephen Xaver, 27, appeared to gulp but otherwise remained expressionless as Circuit Judge Angela Cowden delivered the sentence at the Highlands County Courthouse in Sebring.

Zephen Xaver pleaded guilty to five counts of murder for killing Ana Piñon Williams, Debra Cook, Marisol Lopez, Cynthia Watson and Jessica Montague at a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida in 2019.

Judge Angela Cowden sentenced Zephen Xaver – the man who killed five women at a bank in Sebring, Florida – to death, following the recommendation from jurors at his sentencing trial in June.

Jurors voted 9-3 to recommend Zephen Xaver receive the death penalty for the Jan. 23, 2019, murders at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Tampa.

SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) — Jurors have heard all the testimony being presented by state prosecutors and defense attorneys in the sentencing trial of Zephen Xaver, who pleaded guilty to murdering ...

Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison ...

Zephen Xaver walked into a central Florida bank in 2019, fatally shot five women and then called police to tell them what he did. Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison ...