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Escambia Man Gets Life In Prison For Murdering His Landlord
March 24, 2011
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2010 murder.
Judge Nickolas Geeker sentenced Donald Verne to life in prison for the murder of Peter Delmonico. On February 23, 2011, Verne was found guilty by an Escambia County Jury of second degree murder with a weapon for the killing of his landlord, Peter Delmonico.
On July 29, 2010, Verne brutally attacked Delmonico with a 2×4 board. Verne struck his victim multiple times in the back of the head with such force it mimicked that of injuries found in car crashes, according to State Attorney Bill Eddins. Delmonico suffered multiple skull fractures and severe brain injury from which he was unable to recover; he died at Baptist Hospital on August 3, 2010.
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