The jurors heard the voice of Marcelle Jerrill Waldon for the first time Monday in a nearly hourlong video of an interview with detectives at the Lakeland Police Department in November 2020.
Waldon is on trial in Bartow on two first-degree murder charges and nine other charges. He is accused of stabbing to death former City Commissioner Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson in their Lake Morton home.
He is also accused of taking the prominent couple’s jewelry, credit cards and bank checks, then attempting to burn down the house and driving away in the husband’s Audi A6.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty if Waldon is convicted.
Waldon is interviewed by police
By the fifth day of the trial on Monday, Waldon, 39, had not testified, and as of last week he was not expected to take the witness stand.
The police interview video was edited and shown to the jury Monday as they followed along with a transcript, showing what transpired at the police station Nov. 11, 2020 – the day of Waldon’s arrest.