Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Tanzi's death warrant last month, condemning him for strangling Acosta, a veteran employee at the Miami Herald, after kidnapping her as she sat in her van on a lunch break at the Japanese Garden on Watson Island on April 25, 2000, court records show.

It’s over. It’s done,” said the sister of Janet Acosta, who spoke after the execution of Michael Tanzi at Florida State Prison.