A Florida jury is deliberating whether a South Florida man is guilty of murder or acted in self-defense when he fatally shot his wife and posted a photo of her dead body on Facebook.
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At trial, prosecutors said Media fatally shot Ms Alfonso because she threatened to leave him.
Two years ago, Derek Medina posted on Facebook a chilling photo of his wife’s slumping, lifeless body with the caption “I’m going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife”.
The defense rested Tuesday, after the judge disallowed its claims that Alfonso was high on rage-inducing “bath salts”, or alpha-PVP, during the spat with her husband.
Alfonso’s mother, Carolyn Knox, wept as the verdict was announced.
“Far, far too often this kind of domestic violence leads to injury and death”, Fernandez Rundle said.
Defense lawyer Saam Zangeneh urged jurors to look more deeply into a case that might seem simple on the surface. “I don’t know if they would have been swayed if we would have had our crime scene re-constructionist being able to explain shadow placement, which would have buttressed our position that she had a knife”.
Prosecutors were expected to seek a life sentence at a hearing set for January.
But persecutors expect the Facebook killer to stay in prison for life.
The August 2013 capturing adopted a battle during which she had threatened to go away, prosecutors stated throughout closing statements.
Assistant State Attorney Leah Klein said in an opening statement Tuesday that Medina shot Alfonso eight times during an argument in their home.
“He said there was years of abuse and he wasn’t going to take it anymore”. The girl did not witness the shooting. He also admitted to killing her.
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Trial testimony showed the couple began fighting in their upstairs bedroom because Medina had failed to wake up his wife early that morning to watch a movie, as he had promised. “Take care. Facebook people you’ll see me in the news”.
