Venice man charged with murder after woman found dead

VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) – A Venice man is facing a second-degree murder charge after deputies say he admitted to shooting a woman inside his home Wednesday night.

According to a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office probable cause affidavit, 83-year-old Walter Lee Edgerton III called 911 around 8:35 p.m. on September 16 and said a woman had passed away.

Edgerton told the dispatcher she was not breathing and said he believed she was dead and that CPR would not help…

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