A man was sentenced for killing and dismembering a Central Florida mom.
The man who shot Indian Harbour Beach mother Nancy Howery and hid her remains across an undeveloped area of Palm Bay has been sentenced to life in prison.
35-year-old Daniel L. Stearns was convicted at trial of second-degree murder, abuse of a dead human body, and tampering with or destroying evidence.
Brevard County prosecutors Samantha Barrett and Trevor Persenaire made the case that Stearns arranged to meet Howery – whom he had dated – shot her in the head with a handgun, dismembered her, then burned and buried her remains in the area called The Compound in February 2023…