A judge sentenced Marcelle Jerill Waldon to death on Monday, Jan. 5, for the November 2020 murders of former Lakeland City Commissioner Edith “Edie” Yates Henderson and her husband, real estate developer David Henderson.
The sentence comes nearly two years after a jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and voted 11-1 to recommend the death penalty in February 2024.
Circuit Judge J. Kevin Abdoney was required by law to give the jury’s recommendation “great weight” in reaching his decision. He also weighed six statutory aggravating factors and several mitigating circumstances, addressing each one during the sentencing hearing…