TAMPA, Fla. - On Thursday morning, the man convicted of one of the most infamous crimes in Tampa is expected back in court for a status hearing.

The backstory:

Steven Lorenzo has admitted to torturing and murdering two men.

He asked for the death penalty in 2023. A judge then sentenced him to death in 2023.

Prosecutors say Lorenzo and his co-conspirator, Scott Schweickert, who is serving a life sentence in prison, drugged, tortured and later killed Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholz in 2003.

:Lorenzo’s death sentence triggered an automatic appeal in the Florida legal system.

In August, Lorenzo filed a handwritten note asking to end his post-conviction representation, saying he was happy that the Florida Supreme Court upheld his convictions and death sentences.

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