State attorney will seek death penalty for suspected Tampa serial killer

Author: 10News Staff, WTSP
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Howell Emanuel Donaldson, 24 (Photo via Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

State Attorney Andrew Warren announced he intends to seek the death penalty for a 24-year-old man accused of killing four people in southeast Seminole Heights last year.

Warren unveiled his decision to seek the death penalty for Howell Donaldson III at a news conference Tuesday morning.

“The death penalty is for the worst of the worst, crimes that are far more egregious than a typical murder,” Warren said.

Donaldson is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Benjamin Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton. The four victims were shot and killed over a 51-day span in October and November.

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