The Brief
- A man convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy during a 2019 home invasion has been sentenced to death.
- Ryan Cole was convicted of stabbing Khyler Edman while the teen was protecting his 5-year-old sister.
- Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell said investigators have concluded that the attack was random, and Cole didn’t have any relationships with anyone at the home.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – A Florida man who was convicted of breaking into a Charlotte County home and killing a teenager inside as he protected his little sister has been sentenced to death.
The backstory:
On September 26, 2019, Charlotte County deputies went to the area of Starlite Lane and Olean Boulevard in Port Charlotte to investigate reports of an injured man running through the neighborhood. …