ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than 45 years waiting for execution William “Tommy” Zeigler will be granted the DNA evidence his attorneys have sought for years that they say could clear his name.
Zeigler, now 75, was convicted of killing his wife, in-laws and a fourth person at the W.T. Zeigler Furniture store in Winter Garden owned by his family on Christmas Eve 1975.
Previous prosecutors have contended Zeigler staged the massacre as a robbery to collect his wife’s $50,000 life insurance policy. [TRENDING: Ana, is that you? | Teacher accused of distributing child porn | Fla.
couple lured, tortured bears] For the last two decades, the death row inmate has begged the courts for DNA testing on physical evidence that he says would prove his