John Kalisz, the murderer of two Hernando County women and a Dixie County deputy, stood before Merritt on Tuesday afternoon... Merritt read the final words of the sentence: "death in a manner prescribed by law." The judge looked up. He glared at the defendant. "May God have mercy," Merritt said, pausing. His eyes glassed, and his upper lip quivered. The judge clenched his jaw, then continued. "On your soul."
On Jan. 14, 2010, Kalisz killed his sister, Kathryn "Kitty" Donovan, and her office manager, Deborah Tillotson, in Donovan's home on Wilhelm Road, west of Brooksville. He also shot his niece, Manessa Donovan, and Amy Green, an employee at Kitty Donovan's home-based business.
Last year, Kalisz received life in prison for killing Dixie sheriff's Capt. Chad Reed, who was shot trying to arrest him that day two years ago in Cross City.
