Young Hungarian criminal, long deemed wicked, faces execution over pensioner horrors in Florida

A lethal poison injection could end the life of Zsolt Zs., who stands credibly accused of meticulously luring, robbing, and murdering elderly men while residing illegally in Florida as an undocumented migrant. American authorities brand him the embodiment of evil, and a court, invoking a recently enacted legal amendment, may yet sentence him to death. His mother harbours just one wish concerning her son.

Elderly gay men were his victims

Blikk reports that Zs. Zsolt, who held a US residency permit valid until the end of December 2024, made no effort to live lawfully in the Sunshine State. Though he assured his mother in January that he was leading an honest life, he had already claimed at least one victim by then.

Zsolt first encountered the authorities in the summer of 2024, arrested initially for robbery. Deportation was averted by his valid permit; instead, he was placed under criminal supervision, from which he absconded. He altered his appearance and began prowling Florida’s gay bars for elderly, retired men.

Over the years, he claimed at least two victims with a near-identical modus operandi. He first ensnared them in homosexual liaisons, then plundered their possessions. When discovered, he attempted bluster; failing that, he killed them. The first man was drowned in his own bathtub; the second was strangled with a seatbelt in his car.

The young Hungarian predator hunted fresh prey

Undeterred, he changed his look again and sought refuge in Miami’s Latin quarter, ceaselessly chatting up strangers in search of new quarry when police arrested him, sparing further lives in the process.

Though unequivocal evidence (such as DNA samples) substantiates his guilt, Zs. Zsolt denies everything. Florida permits capital punishment, and a new law explicitly allows its imposition on illegal migrants for the gravest offences. Thus, execution remains possible, though a court will decide. Appeals abound, as is customary, even to presidential clemency; the process could drag on for a decade.