The prosecution rested its case against Marcelle Jerrill Waldon on Tuesday morning at his first-degree murder trial in the 2020 Lake Morton slayings of a former Lakeland city commissioner and her husband.
The prosecution, Waldon’s defense attorneys and the judge spent the remainder of Tuesday in court finalizing instructions the jury will follow as they deliberate on a long list of charges against him.
Waldon is on trial in Bartow on two first-degree murder charges in the stabbing deaths of Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson in their Lake Morton home.
He faces a slew of other charges. Prosecutors allege he stole jewelry before killing the Hendersons, then tried to to cover up the crimes by attempting to burn down the home and torching a car that was stolen from the couple.
Items missing from the Hendersons included, jewelry, credit cards, bank checks and the husband’s Audi A6.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty if Waldon is found guilty.
Testimony concluded Tuesday as the prosecution and defense called their last witnesses to the stand. Waldon decided not to testify during a brief discussion with Circuit Judge J. Kevin Abdoney.