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2 convicted in 2004 Xbox murders in Deltona to be resentenced in court this week

DELTONA, Fla. — A Volusia County judge will hear motions ahead of the resentencing for two people convicted of murder.

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Investigators said Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter broke into a Deltona home looking for an Xbox game system back in 2004.

Victorino had been evicted from the home.

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Investigators said the two stabbed, tortured, and beat six people to death.

Their death sentences were overturned in 2017 because of a state Supreme Court ruling requiring unanimous jury decisions in death penalty cases.

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Their resentencing is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning.

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