Summary of Offense:
The first witness was Pham's stepdaughter, Lana Pham, a 10th grader. She told jurors that she was home alone the evening of October 22, 2005, when Pham forced his way in. He dragged her by the hair to her bedroom, bound her, prayed with her then when her mother, Phi Ai "Amy" Pham, 32, walked in, he attacked the woman with a butcher knife. The girl said Tai Pham then got into a fight with her mother's boyfriend, Christopher Higgins, and while they struggled, she called for help. Assistant State Attorney Gino Feliciani told jurors that Tai Pham stabbed and slashed his wife at least six times. Tai Pham also stabbed Higgins in the ear, Feliciani said.
Pham was sentenced to death in Seminole County on November 14, 2008.
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