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Field Level Media
Jul 15, 2025, 10:57 AM ET
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini was recovered blameworthy of first-degree execution successful the 2021 shooting that claimed the beingness of his father-in-law and near his mother-in-law injured.
The victims successful the June 5, 2021, onslaught were Robert Gary Spohr, 70, who was recovered dormant successful a location successful North Lake Tahoe, California, from a azygous gunshot. Also changeable was his wife, Wendy Wood, past 68. She recovered from the injures but died by termination 1 twelvemonth later. The household cited the trauma of the onslaught arsenic the crushed for her death.
Prosecutors said the fatal incidental progressive a $1.3 cardinal ranch renovation task and presented substance connection grounds of the escalation of the disagreement and premeditation anterior to the shooting. One substance connection sent anterior to the onslaught read, "I'm going to termination them 1 day."
Serafini and 33-year-old Samantha Scott were charged arsenic co-defendants past year. In February, Scott pleaded blameworthy to an accessory complaint and during the proceedings was introduced arsenic a adjacent person of 1 of the Spohrs' daughters, Erin. Erin was joined to Serafini and testified that they had an unfastened matrimony and was alert Scott was romantically progressive with her husband.
Erin Spohr testified that she did not judge Serafini murdered her begetter oregon changeable her mother.
Video surveillance from the location and surrounding country showed a antheral wearing a hood, look covering and a backpack walking to the Spohrs' location earlier the homicide. Evidence presented astatine the proceedings alleged Serafini was successful the location astir 3 hours earlier the attack.
Information gathered during a two-year probe led them to Serafini and Scott.
Serafini is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Aug. 18 successful Placer County, Calif.
The Minnesota Twins selected Serafini, a autochthonal of the San Francisco area, with the No. 26 wide prime successful the 1992 MLB Draft. He made his debut successful 1996 and went connected to look successful 104 games (33 starts) with the Twins, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies earlier his status successful 2007.
He had a 15-16 grounds with a 6.04 ERA and 1 save. He threw 263 2/3 innings and struck retired 127 batters.
