Ex-MLB Pitcher Daniel Serafini
Convicted Of Homicide
Printed July 15, 2025 7:12 AM PDT
Ex-MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini — the Minnesota Twins’ first-round choose within the 1992 draft — was discovered responsible of homicide on Monday.
In response to the Placer County District Legal professional’s Workplace, the baseball participant was additionally convicted of tried homicide and first-degree housebreaking following a jury trial.
The costs stemmed from allegations that Serafini had brutally attacked his in-laws, Gary Spohr and Wendy Wooden, throughout a 2021 incident in Tahoe Metropolis.
Investigators alleged Serafini gained entry to the couple’s house whereas they have been out, waited for them to return, after which shot them with a .22 caliber gun. Serafini was arrested in 2023.
Spohr was killed, and whereas Wooden survived, she later died by suicide in 2023.
Through the trial, it was revealed Serafini, Spohr and Wooden had at occasions had a strained relationship over cash … although Serafini’s attorneys argued that they had all the time recovered from the quarrels.
“The responsible verdicts come after a 6-week trial throughout which the jury heard testimony from dozens of witnesses and the presentation of bodily proof, together with digital, cellphone, and different forensic proof,” the Placer County District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned Monday night.
51-year-old Serafini — who performed seven seasons within the MLB and logged a 6.04 ERA with a 15-16 document — is slated for sentencing on August 18.
