Ex-MLB Pitcher Daniel Serafini Convicted Of Homicide

Ex-MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini — the Minnesota Twins’ first-round choose within the 1992 draft — was discovered responsible of homicide on Monday.

In accordance with the Placer County District Lawyer’s Workplace, the baseball participant was additionally convicted of tried homicide and first-degree housebreaking following a jury trial.

The fees stemmed from allegations that Serafini had brutally attacked his in-laws, Gary Spohr and Wendy Wooden, throughout a 2021 incident in Tahoe Metropolis.

Investigators alleged Serafini gained entry to the couple’s residence whereas they had been out, waited for them to return, after which shot them with a .22 caliber gun. Serafini was arrested in 2023.

Spohr was killed, and whereas Wooden survived, she later died by suicide in 2023.

In the course of the trial, it was revealed Serafini, Spohr and Wooden had at occasions had a strained relationship over cash … although Serafini’s attorneys argued they’d all the time recovered from the quarrels.

“The guilty verdicts come after a 6-week trial during which the jury heard testimony from dozens of witnesses and the presentation of physical evidence, including digital, cell phone, and other forensic evidence,” the Placer County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated Monday night.