The decision comes more than five years after the brutal murders of Edie and David Henderson shocked the Lakeland community.
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King Turns Hit Podcast ‘Bone Valley’ Into a Book
Gilbert King’s new book dives deeper into the 1987 murder case of Michelle Schofield and a decades-long fight for her husband’s exoneration.
Posted inPublic Safety
2025: A Year Without Murders in Lakeland — Until Tuesday
In 2024, Lakeland saw six murders; in 2023, there was just one.
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Lakeland Girl Faces Man Accused of Murdering Her Family
The girl testified in a hearing about whether statements she made to police can be used during Bryan James Riley’s trial.
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Henderson Murder Trial Opens With Emotional Testimony and Previously Undisclosed Evidence
Prosecutor reveals that Waldon’s cellphone had pictures of the couple tied up and there was DNA evidence on his backpack.
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City Commissioner’s Alleged Killer Headed for Trial in January
The accused killer of former Lakeland City Commissioner Edie Yates Henderson and her husband David Henderson appeared at a court hearing on Friday morning.