St. James City man convicted of 2023 murder, sentencing set for January

SAINT JAMES CITY, Fla. — A St. James City man was convicted of the second-degree murder of a man in 2023.

The state attorney’s office says that a jury returned a guilty verdict for Brant Dustin Kelling, 35, after a five-day trial in Lee County.

They add that in 2023, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a home in St. James City. A woman there said that she found her friend bloody and unresponsive on the lanai of the home. He died at the scene…

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