The Florida man who murdered four innocent people in the Seminole Heights of Tampa without a clear motive pleaded guilty to the serial killing spree Monday. Details of the brutal 2017 murders were revealed in court as Howell Emanuel “Trai” Donaldson awaited his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber breaks down six shocking moments from Donaldson’s sentencing.
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He is schizophrenic. Clearly he had a break sadly and too 4 lives. Mental health in this country is so mistreated and misdiagnosed till too late. Especially in some cultures ignored or told to just pray
I fail to see the reason he is still alive
I was sure he was going to take it to trial.
After he was moaning about everything at the beginning.
It’s crazy asf to me that I was best friends with his little brother we went to the same elementary school and high school shits crazy asf
He looks so horrible, especially that side-eyed look he gave was absolutely awful. Four people were senselessly murdered. My aches for these families.
This case stood out for sure. Classified accurately as a serial killer. No criminal background. College graduate. Two parent household. How he got caught was totally insane.
I’m From the U.K. and I followed this case from the get go I remember his parents saying he was a Christian and he could never do such thing they even had a fb group to protest his innocence… rip to the victims and a part of me feels for both families
this happened when i first moved to florida it really freaked me out
I moved out of state in December so I didn’t hear updates but I’m so glad he’s finally away for forever, I lived in the street that he killed at the end of twice.
Calm down? Are you serious? I would have went BALLISTIC in that court room.
I followed this case ever since it first happened. I’m disappointed to see that he isn’t getting the death penalty
My mom and brother live less a mile apart in Seminole heights. Two murders happened within 300 feet of my moms house and the other 2 within 500 feet of my brothers. It was wild considering the killer went to the same high-school as me too
I lived in this neighborhood while this monster was running around terrorizing my neighborhood, I used to bike to and from work and rode my bike passed the victim Monica, idk how many times. I'm certain I heard him running through one of the alleyways as I was biking home from work one night.
I live right off of 39th n hillsborough. But when this happened I stayed right by ybor and used to go to the McDonald’s he used to work at every week
Great narrative hosting. I definitely feel for all the families. May they all have the continued strength to endure. Monsters come in ALL colors. If it was my way, I'd LOVE to have all normal wanting peace and pro humanity beings on one side of the earth, and ALL the ignorant monsters on the other. If you really want extreme, I'd go as far as saying, if "nukes" HAD TO BE USED, use it on that very side of the planet the monsters reside… To All Those Who Lost Life in this tragedy and their Families…
Wishing that a murderous sociopath would feel empathy for his victims is a fool’s errand.
Whoever that was telling that poor woman to calm down needs to check themselves for real.
I’m from England, and I’ve followed this case since the videos of the suspect first started making their rounds online. Absolutely terrifying for the Seminole Heights community until he was caught, and 4 families were left damaged in the worst possible way
He was an underachiever @ some of the best schools. Then maybe you weren't working hard enough @ applying yourself. What you needed was to find something you we're good @ & achieve those goals. You weren't hearing voices as I will never buy that excuse, you simply gave up! You sought out victims to take your anger out @ thus cutting there life's short & forever changing there families yet you don't want to die! Wow, just when you think you've seen it all but I agree with some of the families you've destroyed. Let everyday in a prison with animals like yourself & see if jealousy & envie was worth the life's you took. Ontario,
I have noticed that a lot of family members choose life over death penalty and I hope that I never go through that but I think I would be letting the people that was killed down or came short but I don’t know how I would react if it was me I would think I wouldn’t let him live
"I mean that from my uterus" …. I'm just saying … Lol
I don’t understand the lack of the demand for the WHY with this plea agreement. Not every one who has schizophrenia becomes a killer. Whyyyy did he do this!?