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Ex-Soldier Receives Life Sentences for Florida Couple’s Murder

12/17/2025

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Craig Austin Lang, a former U.S. soldier, was sentenced to two life terms for killing a Florida couple during a robbery to fund his travel to Venezuela.
Lang was convicted on federal charges, including robbery and conspiracy to kill, for the April 2018 ambush in a parking lot that killed Serafin Lorenzo and Deana Lorenzo.
Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer, a fellow former soldier, was sentenced to two life terms in 2024.

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Craig Austin Lang, a former U.S. soldier, was sentenced to two life terms for killing a Florida couple during a robbery to fund his travel to Venezuela.
Lang was convicted on federal charges, including robbery and conspiracy to kill, for the April 2018 ambush in a parking lot that killed Serafin Lorenzo and Deana Lorenzo.
Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer, a fellow former soldier, was sentenced to two life terms in 2024.