TAMPA, Fla. – Greater than three years after a 14-year-old woman’s physique was present in a area, the person charged along with her homicide is standing trial in a Tampa courtroom.
The backstory:
In Might 2022, Nilexia Alexander was discovered shot to dying off Floribraska Ave. Investigators mentioned she was seen on video entering into Ronnie Walker’s automotive within the early morning hours of Might 6, 2022.
The teenager was thought-about a runaway from Temple Terrace, police mentioned. Earlier this week, her mom, Ashley Alexander, informed FOX 13 she adopted Nilexia when the kid was 4 years previous.
Pictured: Nilexia Alexander.
Nilexia wished to search out her beginning mother and father and repeatedly ran away, in keeping with her mom. What’s nonetheless not clear is how she met Walker within the first place.
In July 2022, investigators arrested Walker and charged him with first-degree homicide. Prosecutors are searching for the dying penalty.
Dig deeper:
In a earlier case, Walker was sentenced to life in jail for manslaughter in 2010. He was set free, nevertheless, after an enchantment in 2016.
One other man, Robert Creed, is charged with accent to homicide after-the-fact, and will have been within the automotive that evening. He might testify at trial.
What’s subsequent:
Testimony received underway on Wednesday morning following opening statements.
The Supply: This story was written with info from Hillsborough County courtroom data and former FOX 13 Information reviews.
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