On eve of trial, guilty plea ensures life sentence in Tampa nurseâs slaying
Keith Earl Davis pleaded guilty to a murder charge. In exchange, prosecutors dropped pursuit of the death penalty.
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Keith Earl Davis, who plead guilty in the death of William Leslie McGoff, is walked back to his seat at Hillsborough Courthouse Annex in Tampa on Monday, August 2, 2021.
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TAMPA â For four years, the death penalty loomed over Keith Earl Davis as he awaited trial for the torturous 2016 slaying of William Leslie McGoff, a registered nurse who was found dead in a Tampa home.