High Court Denies Waffle House Killer's Appeal

Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — A man sentenced to death row after he killed two employees of a Waffle House in Davie and left a third to die is not going anywhere.

On Thursday, the state's The Supreme Court denied Gerhard "Chip" Hojan's appeal of his conviction in the 2002 shootings.

Hojan ordered three employees working the overnight shift into a freezer, then returned and shot each, killing 17-year-old waitress Christina Delarosa and 18-year-old cook Willy Absolu.

But 37-year-old waitress Barbara Nunn regained consciousness. Bleeding from a gunshot to the head, she walked to a gas station next door. When police arrived, she told them that Hojan and former Waffle House cook Jimmy Mickel robbed them and that Hojan shot the employees.

Hojan was given two death sentences and five consecutive life sentences.