Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, was spared death by lethal injection for the murder of Rachel Hoffman, as jurors indicated Friday that although they believed he was guilty of first-degree murder, he instead should spend the rest of his life in prison. ...more

December 19, 2009

A former car wash worker will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the murder of a confidential police informant during a botched drug sting. ...more

December 18, 2009

Irv Hoffman and Margie Weiss had plans for honoring their copper-haired daughter on what would have been her 25th birthday Thursday, including a long visit at Rachel Hoffman's Palm Harbor grave. ...more

December 18, 2009

After nearly 9 1/2 hours of deliberation, jurors decided they needed some sleep before determining whether Deneilo Bradshaw fatally shot confidential drug informant Rachel Hoffman in a botched drug sting. ...more

December 16, 2009

After almost 9 1/2 hours of deliberation Tuesday, jurors decided they needed some sleep before determining whether Deneilo Bradshaw fatally shot confidential drug informant Rachel Hoffman in a botched drug sting. ...more

December 16, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw flashed a thick wad of $100 bills, ate pizza, had sex with a girlfriend in Orlando and sang a happy song on the night he participated in the slaying of Rachel Hoffman, according to testimony in a Leon County courthouse last week. ...more

December 13, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw and Andrea Green spent a frenzied night trying to hide evidence and evade authorities after they shot and killed Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting, according to testimony and opening statements in Bradshaw's trial Monday. ...more

December 8, 2009

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are trying to pick a jury in the trial of a 24-year-old man charged with killing Rachel Hoffman in a Tallahassee drug sting gone wrong. ...more

December 1, 2009

About 100 jurors headed into a Tallahassee courtroom Monday, but by the close of day only 34 of them had made the first cut in the high-profile murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24. ...more

December 1, 2009

Jury selection begins today in the trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, one of two men accused in the slaying of 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting in May 2008. ...more

November 30, 2009