Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide within the 2021 capturing that claimed the lifetime of his father-in-law and left his mother-in-law injured.
The victims within the June 5, 2021, assault have been Robert Gary Spohr, 70, who was discovered lifeless in a house in North Lake Tahoe, California, from a single gunshot. Additionally shot was his spouse, Wendy Wooden, then 68. She recovered from the injures however died by suicide one yr later. The household cited the trauma of the assault as the rationale for her demise.
Prosecutors mentioned the deadly incident concerned a $1.3 million ranch renovation challenge and offered textual content message proof of the escalation of the disagreement and premeditation previous to the capturing. One textual content message despatched previous to the assault learn, “I will kill them someday.”
Serafini and 33-year-old Samantha Scott have been charged as co-defendants final yr. In February, Scott pleaded responsible to an adjunct cost and through the trial was launched as a detailed buddy of one of many Spohrs’ daughters, Erin. Erin was married to Serafini and testified that that they had an open marriage and was conscious Scott was romantically concerned along with her husband.
Erin Spohr testified that she didn’t imagine Serafini murdered her father or shot her mom.
Video surveillance from the house and surrounding space confirmed a person sporting a hood, face protecting and a backpack strolling to the Spohrs’ house earlier than the murder. Proof offered on the trial alleged Serafini was within the house practically three hours earlier than the assault.
Info gathered throughout a two-year investigation led them to Serafini and Scott.
Serafini is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 18 in Placer County, Calif.
The Minnesota Twins chosen Serafini, a local of the San Francisco space, with the No. 26 total choose within the 1992 MLB Draft. He made his debut in 1996 and went on to seem in 104 video games (33 begins) with the Twins, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies earlier than his retirement in 2007.
He had a 15-16 report with a 6.04 ERA and one save. He threw 263 2/3 innings and struck out 127 batters.