A Coral Springs man accused of battering his wife before she was found dead in a canal is no longer being prosecuted on the domestic violence charge after police did not formally present a homicide case to the Broward State Attorney’s Office.
Jeffrey Evans, 43, had pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor battery charge connected to the Aug. 25, 2025, incident involving his wife, Jessica Lloyd, 38, who was later found dead in a nearby canal measuring about 17 inches deep. Prosecutors said they declined to file the case after reviewing the evidence and determining there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction.
The Broward Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Lloyd’s cause of death as drowning and the manner of death as undetermined, authorities said…