Murder of Audreanna Zimmerman
| Murder of Audreanna Zimmerman | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ensley, Florida, United States |
| Date | March 24, 2010 |
Attack type | Murders by arson and beating |
| Victims | Audreanna Redawn Zimmerman, 19 |
| Convicted | Tina Lasonya Brown, 39 Heather Trinee Lee, 27 Britnee Angelique Miller, 16 |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | First-degree premeditated murder (Brown) First-degree murder and kidnapping (Miller) Second-degree murder (Lee) |
| Sentence | Death (Brown) Life imprisonment (Miller) 25 years' imprisonment (Lee) |
On March 24, 2010, in Ensley, Florida, 19-year-old Audreanna Redawn Zimmerman (April 13, 1990 – April 9, 2010) was attacked by three women, who beat her with a crowbar, shocked with a stun gun and later set on fire. Zimmerman died 16 days after the attack from severe burn injuries. The three perpetrators – Tina Lasonya Brown (born July 19, 1970), Heather Trinee Lee (born July 13, 1982; Brown's neighbour) and Britnee Angelique Miller (born June 2, 1993; Brown's daughter) – were all arrested and charged with the murder of Zimmerman.
Out of the trio, Brown was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to death. Miller, who was 16 at the time, was spared the death sentence and instead received a life sentence after pleading guilty to murder and kidnapping. Lee was granted a plea agreement and therefore sentenced to 25 years in prison. Brown is currently the only female death row inmate in Florida and still incarcerated at the Lowell Correctional Institution, while both Lee and Miller are imprisoned at the Gadsden Correctional Facility and Lowell Correctional Institution respectively.