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Freed murderer charged in Florida with slaying of single mom

Police have charged a convicted assassin who became released from reformatory remaining yr with the slaying of a South Florida woman whose physique was found in a canal after being lacking for three weeks. Eric Pierson, fifty four, was charged Saturday with first-diploma murder for the slaying of Erika Verdecia, 33, hours after her physique turned into found Saturday near fortress Lauderdale. Pierson had been launched from penal complex in September 2020 after serving 27 years of a 40-12 months sentence for the 1993 beating and strangulation homicide of 17-yr-old Kristina Whitaker, whose dying helped impress a push for longer prison sentences.