Angel Alejandro Lobato is expected to be sentenced to life in state prison during a disposition hearing set for next week on Sept. 3 after he was found guilty of first-degree murder on Aug. 25 at the Bartow Courthouse.
Lobato, 23, of Winter Haven and his brother were accused of luring Danne Frazier, 21, to a remote site in November 2020 for a romantic meet-up, then killing him and dumping his body in a citrus grove near unincorporated Lake Wales.
While the State Attorney’s Office had filed paperwork in December 2020 saying it intended to seek the death penalty, the state did not pursue capital punishment at trial…