A jury convicted former youth minister Joshua Rosa of first-degree murder Monday in the strangulation of his 13-year-old neighbor. ...more

July 22, 2008

With the wails of the defendant's father audible from outside the packed courtroom this morning, a circuit judge sentenced a former youth minister at a Pentecostal church to life in prison without possibility of parole for murdering a 13-year-old. ...more

July 21, 2008

Prosecutors called their final witnesses Thursday - several experts who testified about DNA links and bloodstain patterns - then rested its murder case against youth minister Joshua Rosa. ...more

July 18, 2008

TAMPA - Prosecutors called their final witnesses today — several experts who testified about DNA links and bloodstain patterns — then rested its murder case against youth minister Joshua Rosa. ...more

July 17, 2008

After prosecutors called their final witnesses today — several expert witnesses who testified about DNA links and blood stain patterns — the state has rested its case against Joshua Rosa. The defense will begin witness testimony after a lunch break. ...more

July 17, 2008

A medical examiner testified today that 13-year-old Stephen Tomlinson was strangled, most likely with someone's hands. ...more

July 16, 2008