Ex-MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini — the Minnesota Twins’ first-round select inside the 1992 draft — was found accountable of murder on Monday.

In step with the Placer County District Authorized skilled’s Office, the baseball participant was moreover convicted of tried murder and first-degree burglary following a jury trial.

The charges stemmed from allegations that Serafini had brutally attacked his in-laws, Gary Spohr and Wendy Wood, all through a 2021 incident in Tahoe Metropolis.

Investigators alleged Serafini gained entry to the couple’s dwelling whereas they’ve been out, waited for them to return, after which shot them with a .22 caliber gun. Serafini was arrested in 2023.

Spohr was killed, and whereas Wood survived, she later died by suicide in 2023.

All through the trial, it was revealed Serafini, Spohr and Wood had at cases had a strained relationship over money … though Serafini’s attorneys argued that that they had on a regular basis recovered from the quarrels.

“The accountable verdicts come after a 6-week trial all through which the jury heard testimony from dozens of witnesses and the presentation of bodily proof, along with digital, cell phone, and totally different forensic proof,” the Placer County District Authorized skilled’s Office said Monday evening.