A judge has formally sentenced a florida man to death for what prosecutors called the brutal murder of two boys. A medical examiner's autopsy concluded the boys died from blunt force Mark wilson, 32, was convicted of killing robert baker, 12, and tayten baker, 14, in what judge howard mcgillin called an egregious crime during wilson's sentencing friday, according to first coast news.
State Seeks Death Penalty for Fla. Man Accused of Killing Boys, 12 and 14
A crime scene investigator and the autopsy report later revealed that the boys had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy, blunt object and had also been attacked with a knife afterward.
The attack on them was so brutal that tayten's head had almost been decapitated.
Tayten and robert baker's killer confessed his crimes to his mother In that conversation the day he was arrested, wilson discussed the killing robert and tayten baker, 12 and 14 years old, and said his girlfriend, also the boys' aunt, agreed to handle the rest of The judge said mark wilson's vicious murders of tayten and robert baker — in addition to the mounting evidence that this was a calculated, cold and premeditated murder — was deserving of death. A man has been found guilty of killing two boys with a hammer and knife and now faces the death penalty after it was recommended by a jury.
Robert baker, 12, and tayten, 14, were found dead at their home in melrose, florida in august 2020. A judge decided friday that a putnam county man convicted of killing 2 boys in 2020 will receive the death penalty. Mark wilson was found guilty for first degree murder for the deaths of tayten and robert baker. The state and defense will reconvene on october 24th.
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A jury found mark wilson jr. Robert, 12, and tayten, 14, were brutally beaten and stabbed while they slept in their melrose home on aug. Wilson, who was dating the boys' aunt cindy at the time, was arrested and Was indicted for murder by a putnam county grand jury as the state attorney seeks the death penalty in two young brothers' slayinigs.
The deaths of robert and tayten baker, 12 Larizza said friday a news On friday, judge mcgillin upheld a jury's death penalty recommendation for mark wilson after he was found guilty of killing robert, 12, and tayten baker, 14, in august 2020. The boys were beaten and stabbed while they slept in their home in melrose.
Wilson was found guilty of murder in 2022 and the jury unanimously recommended the death penalty.
If he is found guilty, the prosecution is seeking the death penalty. Robert baker, 12, and his brother tayten, 14, were murdered in their melrose home on aug. The boys' mother, sarah, took the stand as the state's first witness. Tayten baker, 14, and robert baker, 12, were found dead in their melrose home in 2020.
If convicted of their murder, mark wilson could face the death penalty. To stream fcn on your phone, you need Jurors have recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering two boys. The defense for mark wilson, 32, can still argue for a sentence of life without parole in a spencer hearing scheduled for december, according to wjxt.with that said, the jury determined he deserves execution for beating robert baker, 12, and tayten baker, 14, with a hammer and then slitting their throats.
The putnam county sheriff's office (pcso) says the death penalty was recommended in court today.
Wilson was arrested and charged with the murder of robert and tayten baker. He and his girlfriend, who is the sister of the mother of the two boys, lived in a shed on the family's property. The family moved up to putnam county from polk county.
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