A Central Florida man was found guilty of murder, in a case where the victim was found by law enforcement lying face down, lifeless, and ablaze.
A jury recently rendered its verdict, finding 32-year-old Darion Dontae McGee, of Leesburg, guilty of First-Degree Murder for the death of 38-year-old Mustafa Hasan Connelly.
On December 17, 2021, deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vacant lot off Veech Road in Leesburg in Central Florida, in reference to a caller advising a person had been shot and set on fire. The caller advised they had heard gunshots in the area earlier that day.
When law enforcement arrived on scene, they observed an unidentified male lying face down, lifeless, and ablaze outside the passenger side of a vehicle. Once the fire was extinguished, officials set up a crime scene perimeter. After running the license plate on the vehicle, authorities were able to determine the registered owner, who subsequently identified the victim as Mustafa Connelly…