One-time escapee discovered to blame in stabbing homicide
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida defendant who as soon as made nationwide information when he escaped through speeding out of a court all over a pretrial listening to on homicide fees has been convicted of that killing.
Dayonte Resiles, 27, used to be convicted Friday of first-degree homicide for the 2014 stabbing demise Jill Halliburton Su at her suburban Castle Lauderdale house. Su used to be certain at her palms and ft, compelled into a tub and stabbed about 25 instances all over a housebreaking. Prosecutors stated DNA present in the house tied Resiles to the scene.
The jury will now come to a decision whether or not Resiles will have to be sentenced to demise or lifestyles in jail with out parole.
All through a 2016 listening to, Resiles unlocked his shackles and fled from a listening to, operating down the courthouse stairs to an expecting automobile. He used to be recaptured after a six-day manhunt.
His case once more received nationwide consideration in December when his first trial for the Su slaying led to an bizarre mistrial. The jury introduced it had convicted him of manslaughter, however the jury forewoman then stated she disagreed with the decision. She stated she believed he used to be to blame of homicide.
