MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Dayonte Resiles has been sentenced to life behind bars for the homicide of Jill Halliburton Su.
Resiles was convicted in March of murdering 59-year-old in her Davie residence in 2014. Prosecutors stated Resiles broke into Halliburton Su’s residence in a housebreaking try and killed her when she discovered him. Su’s son discovered her physique, stabbed and sure, within the bathtub. Prosecutors say DNA proof proved Resiles was the assassin.
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This was the second time Resiles was tried on this case. A choose declared a mistrial on the finish of final yr, when the jury delivered a manslaughter verdict, however then the jury forewoman went again and stated she didn’t agree with it.
Resiles made headlines in 2016 after escaping from the Broward County Courthouse. It took an almost weeklong manhunt earlier than he was again into custody.
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Last month, prosecutors stated they’d not search the dying penalty for Resiles and as a substitute would pursue the obligatory sentence of life in jail.