Criminal Law
Suspect Arrested for Murder of Ex-Lakeland City Commissioner and Husband
LAKELAND, Fla. – Lakeland police have announced an arrest in the murders of Edith and David Henderson, who were found dead in their home Tuesday.
Edith Henderson, formerly Edith Yates, 67, served as a commissioner from 2006 until 2018. She and her husband, 63-year-old David Henderson, were found dead Tuesday night in their home near Lake Morton.
Police had gone to the home for a welfare check and found the couple’s bodies upstairs after they had been stabbed to death.
Investigators said a source called police and led them to the suspect, identified as Marcelle Waldon, who had been staying at the Relax Inn in Lakeland.
