Circuit Judge Charles Crawford sentenced 22-year-old Jackalynn D'Aruria to 30 years in prison, after she was convicted by a Brevard County Jury on July 7, 2023, of Manslaughter with a Deadly Weapon, in connection to the brutal stabbing death of her mother, 36-year-old Amanda Ervin.
A Brevard Jury found 53-year-old Lance Berning guilty of First-Degree Murder and Kidnapping, in connection to the 2014 killing of 24-year-old Jennifer Hedges.