POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The man found guilty of killing a former Lakeland city commissioner and her husband has been sentenced to death.
A jury on Tuesday returned an 11-1 verdict for Marcelle Waldon, who was found guilty last week for the 2020 murders of ex-commissioner Edie Yates-Henderson and her husband, David Henderson.
What You Need To Know
- Marcelle Waldon, found guilty last week for the 2020 murders of ex-commissioner Edie Yates-Henderson and her husband David Henderson, has been sentenced to death
- Waldon, 39, was found guilty in a Polk County courtroom Jan. 31 after a trial that lasted two weeks
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The couple was killed in their Lake Morton-area home on Nov. 11, 2020. She was 67. Her husband was 63. According to authorities, both of the victims were stabbed with their bodies being found in an upstairs bedroom.
Waldon, 39, was found guilty in a Polk County courtroom Jan. 31 after a trial that lasted two weeks.
Under a recent change to Florida law, juries no longer have to be unanimous to recommend the death penalty.
The new minimum is a three-fourths majority.
Marcelle Jerrill Waldon, 39, was found guilty last week of killing former commissioner Edie Yates Henderson and her husband David Henderson in their home on Lake Morton Drive on Nov. 11, 2020. (Polk County Jail)