SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Sarasota woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting her roommate to death in 2023.
Courtney Leigh Wadeck entered a plea of no contest to second-degree murder Aug. 7. Sarasota Circuit Judge Thomas Krug found her guilty and immediately handed down the 25-year sentence, plus a five-year sentence for child abuse, which will be served concurrently with the murder sentence, court records show.
On July 9, 2023, Wadeck and the victim had a disagreement about living conditions and got into a physical fight. Two witnesses tried to intervene with no success. The witnesses told investigators they heard a gunshot from the living room and immediately observed the victim falling to the floor…