VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A jury has been seated in the resentencing of two men found guilty and sentenced to death in the brutal murders of six people and a dog in a Deltona home in 2004.
Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter were convicted in the murders of six people in a Deltona home in a case that drew national attention.
The case became known as the “Xbox murders” because it involved a dispute about some of Victorino’s belongings, including an Xbox video-game system.
Victorino, Hunter and two other men were accused of breaking into the house and bludgeoning the victims with baseball bats.
Victorino and Hunter each received four death sentences. At the time, Florida law only required majority jury recommendations — 7-5 votes — before judges could sentence defendants to death.
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Jury selection had started in April 2023 in the resentencing of Victorino and Hunter when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new death-penalty law, which eliminated a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before defendants could be sentenced to death. Under the law, death sentences can be imposed after 8-4 jury recommendations.
On Thursday, a jury of 12 and two alternates was seated in the case, with the trial expected to start Monday.
Victorino and Hunter will face a new judge and jury to find out if they’ll be facing the death penalty again.
