LARGO, FLA. (AP) - A man who Florida authorities say accidentally called his wife’s cell phone while killing her and left a voicemail recording of it was found guilty of second-degree murder.
Jurors reached the verdict Thursday outside St. Petersburg.
Ronald Earl Williams faced a possible death sentence, but defense attorneys told jurors their client killed his wife Mariama in 2007 and asked them to consider lesser charges.
Sentencing is set for Friday afternoon. The maximum sentence for second-degree murder is life in prison.
Prosecutors say Williams activated his cell phone, which then called his wife’s cell phone while he was killing her. Jurors heard the voicemail recording of Williams saying he was going to kill her and the 31-year-old woman’s screams.
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Information from: St. Petersburg Times.
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