Ex-MLB Pitcher Daniel Serafini
Convicted Of Murder
Published
Ex-MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini — the Minnesota Twins’ first-round choose within the 1992 draft — was discovered responsible of murder on Monday.
According to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office, the baseball participant was additionally convicted of tried murder and first-degree housebreaking following a jury trial.
The costs stemmed from allegations that Serafini had brutally attacked his in-laws, Gary Spohr and Wendy Wood, throughout a 2021 incident in Tahoe City.
Investigators alleged Serafini gained entry to the couple’s dwelling whereas they have 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 Wood survived, she later died by suicide in 2023.
During the trial, it was revealed Serafini, Spohr and Wood had at instances had a strained relationship over cash … although Serafini’s attorneys argued they’d at all times 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 Attorney’s Office stated Monday night.
51-year-old Serafini — who performed seven seasons within the MLB and logged a 6.04 ERA with a 15-16 document — is slated for sentencing on August 18.
