What did Howell Donaldson do? Seminole Heights serial killer pleads guilty in 2017 mass murder

On Monday, Howell Donaldson, the Seminole Levels chronic executioner, confessed to the supposed killings that occurred in 2017. He was prosecuted by a Florida fabulous jury on charges including four counts of planned murder with a gun. Donaldson was at first charged by the Tampa Police Division with four counts of homicide after he was associated with killing four individuals back in 2017, according to Reuters.

The casualties have been recognized as Benjamin Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa, and Ronald Felton. New analytical reports have attended light in the court date of the Seminole Levels chronic executioner. It was found that his mobile phone information showed a “lot of web movement” close to the spots where Mitchell, Hoffa, and Naiboa were lethally shot.

According to Fox26, the name of the site he perused wasn’t uncovered, nonetheless, specialists said that it was a site where people would watch others in s*xually themed circumstances, and lay out communications with the models in a confidential setting. Records likewise uncovered that Donaldson’s risky standards of conduct irritated his on-and-off sweetheart.

The shooting started on October 9, 2017, and the Seminole Levels executioner’s most memorable casualty was Benjamin Edward Mitchell. Mitchell was at the North fifteenth Road and East Frierson Road transport stop in the Seminole Levels area and was en route to see his better half when he was shot dead.

Donaldson’s next casualty was Monica Hoffa, whose body was recuperated in a congested field in the 1000 block of East New Orleans Road in October 2017. It is indistinct in the event that the shooting occurred on October 11 or October 12. Hoffa was strolling to her companion’s home when she was shot. Her body was tracked down around a portion of a mile from where Mitchell was viewed as dead.

The third casualty was Anthony Naiboa, a 20-year-old mentally unbalanced man who was lethally shot on fifteenth Road close to More out of control Road on October 19, 2017, at around 7:57 pm. The Seminole Levels executioner’s last assault occurred on November 14, 2017, and the casualty was distinguished as Ronald Felton, a 60-year-elderly person. He was lethally shot in the back while crossing North Nebraska Road, north of East Caracas Road.

On October 13, policing presumed that the first and second killings were connected after they found that the two casualties were fired utilizing a similar Glock handgun. After the homicides, specialists offered a compensation of $110,000 to people with any strong data in regards to the suspect(s) liable for the fourfold slayings over the course of the month.

In an unexpected arrangement that was set up, Seminole Levels executioner Howell Donaldson confessed to killing four individuals in 2017. The move saved him from capital punishment right around five years after he perpetrated the horrifying wrongdoings. He conceded to four counts of first-degree murder and stayed away from the chance of the death penalty. He has been requested to carry out four sequential life punishments in jail without the chance for further appeal.

Victim's families spoke today about the sudden 4 guilty pleas to murder by Howell Donaldson III. Donaldson murdered 4 people in the Seminole Heights area in 2017 and had the city of Tampa concerned for their safety for 51 days.

— Bobby Bills (@BobbyBillsTV) May 2, 2023


According to Tampa Sound Time, examiners said: During the meeting, Public Safeguard Julianne Holt uncovered that the Seminole Levels chronic executioner had been determined to have schizophrenia. Howell Donaldson was posed a progression of inquiries by the public safeguard who needed to affirm whether he comprehended his blameworthy request and the results that he needed to confront. Judge Samantha Ward tended to Donaldson and said:

Donaldson’s folks Rosita Donaldson and Howell Jr. uncovered that they did not know that their child had a weapon. At the point when they were made mindful of the firearm, they expressed that it was presumably for self-preservation. Rosita purportedly addressed an investigator and said:

After Donaldson was captured and arraigned by the jury, investigators endeavored to look for capital punishment for the Seminole Levels chronic executioner. Tampa City chairman Sway Buckhorn trusted that assuming Donaldson was sentenced, “he ought to die.”

As indicated by a police report, the Seminole Levels chronic executioner likewise apologized for his violations. A few relatives of the departed casualties were available in court during the Seminole Levels executioner’s request hearing. This included Monica Hoffa’s family companion Shelina Reneau and her cousin Yury Gutierrez.

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