A Florida man convicted in the 1990 killing of an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter elbowed his attorney in the face hours before he was sentenced to death, courtroom video shows.
A Florida man convicted in the 1990 killing of an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter elbowed his attorney in the face hours before he was sentenced to death, wild courtroom video shows.
of Fort Myers shows. As Shirley bent down to speak with his client, Zieler raised his elbow and hit the man in the face.Shirley said he was OK, telling the judge:"I used to box, I’ve taken a lot better shots than that one." He told NBC News that he was not injured and does not know why his client attacked him.
Convicted murderer Joseph Zieler is wrestled to the courtroom floor by Lee County Sheriff's deputies during a motion hearing on Monday, June 26, 2023.
When she returned home, she found that the back sliding glass doors were open and the home was in disarray. She discovered the bodies of her daughter and friend in upstairs bedrooms, the court documents state. DNA was collected from the scene, but the case went cold until 2016 when Zieler was arrested for an unrelated crime.
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