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Judge Blocks Release of Call from Accused Seminole Heights Serial Killer
PUBLISHED 6:24 PM EDT May. 06, 2019
TAMPA, Fla. — A Hillsborough judge ruled on Monday that a jail phone call between the accused Seminole Heights serial killer Howell Donaldson III, 26, and his mother, Rosita Donaldson, will not be released to the public.
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Wolfe granted part of the defense's motion, but said it would not apply to future recordings.

"The request to prevent all future recorded conversations is denied," he said. "The court will review all further objections on a case-by-case basis."
 
Trial Date Set For Suspect in 2017 Seminole Heights Slayings
UPDATED 1:47 PM ET Aug. 13, 2019
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A trial date for Howell Donaldson III has been set for Aug. 10, 2020.

Donaldson appeared in a Hillsborough County courtroom Tuesday and listened as his defense team told Circuit Judge Mark Wolfe it still has more than 200 people to interview in this case. They also said they were not sure if they could complete those interviews in time for the trial.
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SeesSeas said:
Trial Date Set For Suspect in 2017 Seminole Heights Slayings
UPDATED 1:47 PM ET Aug. 13, 2019
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A trial date for Howell Donaldson III has been set for Aug. 10, 2020.

Donaldson appeared in a Hillsborough County courtroom Tuesday and listened as his defense team told Circuit Judge Mark Wolfe it still has more than 200 people to interview in this case. They also said they were not sure if they could complete those interviews in time for the trial.
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WOW. Talk about the wheels of justice turning slowly. And still, the defense thinks they may not be ready?!?! Crazy.
 
Kittybunny said:
WOW. Talk about the wheels of justice turning slowly. And still, the defense thinks they may not be ready?!?! Crazy.
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That's the way it works -- the defense tries to delay for as long as they possibly can. Witnesses forget, they move away and possibly cannot be found, they die, etc., etc. It's what defense attorneys do...
 
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Defendant DONALDSON, HOWELL EMANUEL, III
Case Number: 17-CF-017252-A

Hearing Description Hearing Date Hearing Time Hearing Location Judicial Officer
JURY TRIAL 2020-08-10 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
PRETRIAL 2020-08-04 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
DISPOSITION 2020-01-07 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
MOTION/PENDING CASE 2019-10-10 13:30 PM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
 
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Defendant DONALDSON, HOWELL EMANUEL, III
Case Number: 17-CF-017252-A

Hearing Description Hearing Date Hearing Time Hearing Location Judicial Officer
JURY TRIAL 2020-08-10 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
PRETRIAL 2020-08-04 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
DISPOSITION 2020-07-06 08:30 AM COURTROOM 62 6TH FLOOR
 
Jurors in Seminole Heights trials won’t hear evidence of other murders
Jurors in Seminole Heights trials won’t hear evidence of other murders
MARCH 25, 2021
TAMPA — When Howell Donaldson faces the first of four murder trials, a jury will not hear evidence related to the other three Seminole Heights killings he’s accused of committing.

On Thursday, a week after prosecutors asked a judge to allow evidence of the four murders into each of the four trials, a judge declined their request in a written order.
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A trial date has not yet been set.
 
Citing lack of cooperation, lawyers ask to bar Seminole Heights victim’s parents as witnesses
Citing lack of cooperation, lawyers ask to bar Seminole Heights victim’s parents as witnesses
The parents of murder victim Anthony Naiboa have avoided testifying in pretrial depositions in the case of Howell Donaldson, court documents state.
January 16, 2022
TAMPA — Defense attorneys for the man accused of four killings in Tampa’s southeast Seminole Heights neighborhood have asked a judge to bar the parents of one victim from being witnesses at trial, citing a lack of cooperation.
Anthony Naiboa was the third person killed in a series of four apparently random shootings that occurred over several weeks in the fall of 2017. The state has accused Howell Donaldson III of the murders.
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But both parents have avoided testifying. It is not clear why.

A recent court motion filed by the office of Hillsborough Public Defender Julianne Holt details the repeated efforts lawyers have made to have the couple testify. Both have failed to show up for scheduled depositions. After multiple subpoenas, Rodriguez finally did appear but refused to answer questions about her son.
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Casimar Naiboa declined to comment when reached by phone Friday.

When he spoke to the Tampa Bay Times in October 2020, he said his family had experienced fatigue at the case’s duration. He said that he and his wife had refused to testify in depositions because they believed the lawyers wanted to “dig up dirt” about his son. He said they felt re-victimized.
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In late 2020, a judge agreed with defense attorneys that the four homicides should be split into four separate trials, instead of one. Prosecutors asked that evidence of the other crimes be allowed into each trial, but a judge denied their request. The case is on hold while a state appeal of that issue is pending.
 
Betty P said:
All I can say is that prosecutors in that county certainly do things differently. How do they end up alienating the parents of one of the victims (per link above)?
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Unfortunately, the prosecution can't protect the parents from insensitive and cruel questioning by the defense. The father expressed concerns:
Tampa’s Seminole Heights killings to be subject of four trials, judge rules
He said attorneys have asked him and his wife to testify in depositions, but they refused, believing they wanted to “dig up dirt” about his son. They feel re-victimized, he said.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...anthony-naiboa-start-scholarship-in-sons-name
When the donations were brought to Naiboa’s family, they turned them down. They instead want to start a scholarship in their son’s name to help other people with autism, just like Anthony.

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...-seminole-heights-killings-creates-foundation
TAMPA — A community is honoring the memory of Anthony Naiboa. He's one of the victims of the Seminole Heights killer. Now his family is giving the gift of education and imagination in his name.
A senior will soon walk the halls of Hillsborough High School for the last time. But first, [NB], is about to get a big surprise. He's the very first recipient of the newly formed Anthony Naiboa Autism Foundation Inc. To help him on his way to college Naiboa's family gave him a new laptop.

Foundation inactive SEP 2020:
Detail by Entity Name
Florida Not For Profit Corporation
ANTHONY NAIBOA AUTISM FOUNDATION, INC.
Filing Information
Date Filed 04/09/2018
State FL
Status INACTIVE
Last Event ADMIN DISSOLUTION FOR ANNUAL REPORT
Event Date Filed 09/25/2020
 
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...nole-heights-killer-still-faces-death-penalty
Accused Seminole Heights killer still faces death penalty
Mar 24, 2022
TAMPA, Fla — Accused Seminole Heights killer Howell Donaldson will still face the death penalty if convicted of killing four people in 2017. Those few months nearly five years ago are hard to forget as the community waited for Tampa police to make an arrest.

Donaldson appeared in court Thursday with his defense team to go over 18 motions filed. Several of those motions had hoped to prove the death penalty is unconstitutional and should be taken off the table.
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Death penalty remains on table for Howell Donaldson | wtsp.com
Accused Seminole Heights killer fights for his life in court
March 24, 2022
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla —
Attorneys for accused Seminole Heights serial killer Howell Donaldson III asked a judge to throw out the death penalty for several reasons, but all were denied.

Donaldson was in court for the hearing, as were his parents.
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Donaldson’s defense attorneys argued he was denied due process because prosecutors didn’t inform the grand jury that indicted Donaldson about aggravating factors. Factors that would make these capital murder cases.

“We are asking the court to preclude capital punishment because the court did not, and the grand jury did not, have a chance to review the aggravating factors in this case,” said defense attorney Carolyn Schlemmer.

The judge denied that and a handful of related motions, so the death penalty remains on the table.
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