Video After The Jump
TAMPA, Fla. (ABC Action News) — Hillsborough County Judge Christopher Sabella sentenced admitted killer Steven Lorenzo to death by lethal injection for 2 murders he committed in 2003.
Last December, Lorenzo pleaded guilty to drugging, torturing, raping, murdering & dismembering Jason Galehouse & Michael Wachholtz.
Previously in the sentencing trial, Lorenzo asked the judge for the death penalty.
"I'm seeking the death penalty. It's in my best interest basically, because it's a comfort. I'll be living my life more comfortable than it would in the federal system. Living on death row, believe it or not & of course, that may sound selfish, but I've lived in a private cell for the last 5 years & I'm going to have a private cell on death row," he said.
Lorenzo also talked about reincarnation multiple times.
"I'm going to try to speed up this process. So I don't have to wait 15 years, because I got better things to do to my time. The sooner that I get euthanized, as far as I'm concerned, the faster I can, the sooner I can get myself the new body & come back again, a fresh body. That's how I look at it, because that's how it is. That's how spirituality work. We're eternal beings," he said.
Nearly 20 years ago, on back-to-back nights, Jason Galehouse & Michael Wachholtz disappeared from a Tampa nightclub.
Scott Schweikert testified during the penalty phase trial about his involvement in the 2 disappearances.
"We already determined we worked well together using another individual. We wanted to see if we could go to the next step, which would be murder," he testified.
Schweikert took a plea deal in 2016. Lorenzo pleaded guilty in December but said Schweikert's account is wrong.
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