« Why is this guy in the streets? Why? » the victim’s mother asked in an interview.
Police in South Florida charged a man on Saturday for the murder of a single mother, about a year after he was released from prison early. Eric Pierson is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Erika Verdecia, according to News4Jax. Verdecia’s corpse was found outside Fort Lauderdale on Saturday after a three-week search. Police reported that, following his arrest, Pierson confessed to stabbing the woman four times with a screwdriver on September 25. In 2020, he received an early release after serving 27 years of a 40-year sentence for brutally beating and strangling Kristina Whitaker,17, to death in 1993. For this, he was charged with and found guilty of second-degree murder. Her death is credited with creating a push in the state for longer prison sentences and other stricter reforms.
