Jury recommends death for convicted killer | News

BROOKSVILLE, Florida (AP) - A jury has unanimously recommended death for a Tampa Bay area man convicted of killing his sister and another woman.

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A Hernando County jury gave its recommendation Thursday, but a judge will make the final decision. The same panel had convicted 57-year-old John Kalisz Monday of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of armed burglary.

Authorities say Kalisz killed his sister, Kathryn Donovan, and her office manager, Deborah Tillotson, and wounded two others at a Brooksville home in January 2010. He killed Dixie County sheriff's Capt. Chad Reed in a shootout later the same day in Cross City.

Kalisz received a life sentence as part of a deal with prosecutors last year after pleading guilty to killing the deputy.

Previous Coverage:

• Deputy dies in shootout with 100-mile killing spree suspect
• Hernando officials give update on deadly shootout
• Hernando shooter practiced with pistol before rampage
• Fallen deputy lived to serve
• Cell phone ping helps track down suspected killer
• Slain Dixie County deputy to be honored
• Hernando 911 call recounts terror during shootings
• Accused cop killer heading to Hillsborough Jail
• John Kalisz charged in Dixie County deputy shootout
• Suspect in shooting rampage pleads not guilty
• John Kalisz gets life for deputy's death
• Man convicted of killing sister, another woman