BARTOW, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of 10 felony counts, including two counts of first-degree murder, in the killing of a former city commissioner and her husband.
Lakeland Police arrested Marcelle Waldon, 36, in 2020 after former Lakeland City Commissioner Edith "Edie" Henderson, 67, and her husband David Henderson, 63, were found stabbed to death in the master bedroom of their Lake Morton home in what appeared to be a random attack.
During the seven-day trial, prosecutors said Waldon snuck into the house, grabbing a knife from the kitchen, before roaming throughout the house. They say he came across Edie in her bedroom, where he held her until David returned home.
Defense attorney Debra Tuomey said it wasn't Waldon who did the crimes.
Toumey said the issue with the prosecution's theory begins with how law enforcement investigated the murders. Specifically looking at Jarvis Collins. Collins was initially charged as an accessory in the crime.
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