{"id":66973,"date":"2025-12-01T21:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66973\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:07:22","slug":"tommy-zeigler-evidentiary-hearing-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66973\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Zeigler Evidentiary Hearing \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler is brought in on a wheelchair during a...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler is brought in on a wheelchair during a break in an evidentiary hearing before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler is brought in on a wheelchair for an...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing0334_ff565c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler is brought in on a wheelchair for an evidentiary hearing before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler shakes hands with his defense attorneys before an...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing0424_4c2d4e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler shakes hands with his defense attorneys before an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler before an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing0701_7b23ea.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler before an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Defense attorney Terry Hadley during a hearing for Tommy Zeigler...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing1421_e0e733.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney Terry Hadley during a hearing for Tommy Zeigler before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Defense attorney Dennis Tracey speaks during an evidentiary hearing for...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing1506_ac2320.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Defense attorney Dennis Tracey speaks during an evidentiary hearing for Tommy Zeigler before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo presented during an evidentiary hearing for Tommy Zeigler before...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing1848_039b28.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo presented during an evidentiary hearing for Tommy Zeigler before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques during an aside with defense...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing2210_45f470.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques during an aside with defense attorneys and prosecutors in an evidentiary hearing for Tommy Zeigler before at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing2437_e0765c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler speaks with defense attorney Terry Hadley before an...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing2521_43920a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler speaks with defense attorney Terry Hadley before an evidentiary hearing before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tommy Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing3341_d3d028.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Left to Right, Defense attorneys Terry Hadley and Dennis Tracey...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing3423_290958.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Left to Right, Defense attorneys  Terry Hadley  and Dennis Tracey talk during a break in an evidentiary hearing for William Thomas &#8220;Tommy&#8221; Zeigler before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s Death Row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Forensic Scientist Kenton Wong on the witness stand during an...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing3566_692af3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Forensic Scientist Kenton Wong on the witness stand during an evidentiary hearing for William Thomas &#8220;Tommy&#8221; Zeigler before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s Death Row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"William Thomas &quot;Tommy&quot; Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing4085_3cbcec.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>William Thomas &#8220;Tommy&#8221; Zeigler during an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s Death Row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"William Thomas &quot;Tommy&quot; Zeigler is taken out in a wheelchair...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tos-l-zeigler-hearing4279_09f4ce.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>William Thomas &#8220;Tommy&#8221; Zeigler is taken out in a wheelchair for the lunch break of an evidentiary hearing presided by Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s Death Row since July 1976. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 15<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Zeigler is brought in on a wheelchair during a break in an evidentiary hearing before Circuit Court Judge Leticia Marques at the Orange County Courthouse, on Monday, December 1, 2025. Zeigler has been on Florida&#8217;s death row since July 1976. 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