Seiden Murder Trial
Araujo sentenced to 25 years
Judge accept prosecutor’s recommendation Following an emotional hearing Friday afternoon in the Apalachicola courthouse, in which convicted murderer Christina Araujo broke down in tears as she expressed remorse for the killing, Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom handed down a 25-year sentence. With about five-and-a-half years of credit for time served, both in the Franklin and Liberty…
Araujo to be sentenced Friday for murder
More than six years after a North Miami woman was beaten to death in a Eastpoint motel, and discarded on the side of the road, the second of her two killers is about to learn her fate. Christina Araujo, 44,…
Abell to spend life in prison for Seiden murder
Almost exactly six years since the evening he pummeled to death a woman he claimed he asked to marry him just weeks earlier, Zachary Abell will spend the rest of his life in a state prison for the crime. Dressed…
‘The kind of thing I see in motor vehicle crashes’
Chief medical examiner details result of brutal beating EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of sexuality and graphic details of a murder. It is not advisable for children to read. Following harrowing testimony of how Aileen Seiden was beaten so…
‘How the heck do I react to this?’
Friend testifies how he turned in suspects in Aileen Seiden murder The Davie boat captain who alerted authorities of the whereabouts of the two people who were later charged with the murder of a South Florida woman at an Eastpoint…
A body found, a room in disarray
Seiden trial resumes Monday with FDLE crime scene analyst on the stand The murder trial of Zachary Abell, accused of taking part in the beating death of Aileen Seiden nearly six years ago in Eastpoint, ended on a cliffhanger moment…
Opening arguments set for Friday morning in Seiden murder trial
Jury selection takes two full days Opening arguments in the Aileen Seiden murder trial are scheduled to begin Friday morning, following a full day of selecting a 12-member jury. The 14 people chosen, 12 jurors and two alternates, during the…
Jury selection opens for Seiden trial
It’s been a cold morning in the third floor courtroom at the Apalachicola courthouse for the start of the Aileen Seiden murder trial, but that’s not because of the crime being alleged. Most of the 48 jurors who showed up…
Seiden trial pushed to January
Nearly six years after Aileen Seiden’s life ended brutally in Eastpoint when she was just 31 years old, the trial of one of her alleged killers and the sentencing of another won’t happen until 2024. At an Aug. 8 case…
Seiden trial postponed until at least July
More than five years after she was killed in an Eastpoint motel, Aileen Seiden is on the verge of having justice meted out to the two people charged in her death. One of them, Christina Marie Araujo, 43, of Palm…
Araujo pleads guilty to Seiden murder
On the eve of their upcoming first degree murder trial for the bludgeoning death five years ago in an Eastpoint motel of a South Florida woman with whom they were traveling through Franklin County, one of the two defendants pleaded…
Seiden trial postponed until June
Testing to be conducted on shower curtain rod In a hearing Monday afternoon, Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom postponed until the middle of June the murder trial of two defendants accused of bludgeoning to death a South Florida woman nearly five…
Seiden murder defendant wants case dismissed
As the trial next month nears for the two co-defendants accused of bludgeoning to death a South Florida woman five years ago in an Eastpoint motel, one of them has filed a motion to have the entire case dismissed against…
Seiden trial moved to February 2023
In the nearly five years since a South Florida woman was bludgeoned to death at an East Point motel, and her lifeless body dumped in a cul-de-sac at a vacant subdivision off U.S. 98, a lot has
Seiden trial moved to December
The trial of two defendants accused in the bludgeoning death of a South Florida woman at an Eastpoint motel in April 2018 wont take place until December at the earliest.
On Tuesday, Circuit
Judge rejects moving Seiden trial out of county
At a hearing Monday morning, Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom has rejected a motion to move out of the county the upcoming murder trial of two defendants accused in the bludgeoning death of a
Murder defendant turns to high-profile lawyer
It will likely not be until the spring when the two defendants charged with the murder of 31-year-old Aileen Seiden will get their day in court. And when they do, about four years after the April 2018 killing, one of them., Christina…
Grand Jury ups indictment in Seiden murder case
A 21-person Grand Jury upped the inditement of two South-Floridians to first degree homicide Thursday morning, opening the case for the possibility of capital punishment.
Grand Jury ups indictment in Seiden murder case
A 21-person Grand Jury upped the inditement of two South-Floridians to first degree homicide Thursday morning, opening the case for the possibility of capital punishment.
Three years later, Seiden murder trial looms
Its been more than three years since the lifeless body of 31-year-old Aileen Seiden was dumped in a cul-de-sac at a vacant subdivision off U.S. 98, a day after authorities say she was bludgeoned to death in an Eastpoint motel…