Florida man kills woman in 1985, released from prison after 4 years, kills a woman in 1997, released after 27 years, then kills another woman
Eric Pierson is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Erika Verdecia, according to News4Jax. Verdecia's corpse was found outside Fort Lauderdale on Saturday after a three-week search. Police reported that, following his arrest, Pierson confessed to stabbing the woman four times with a screwdriver on September 25.
In 2020, he received an early release after serving 27 years of a 40-year sentence for brutally beating and strangling Kristina Whitaker, 17, to death in 1993. For this, he was charged with and found guilty of second-degree murder.
Pierson also served time for murder several years prior to killing Whitaker. In 1985, he was convicted of first-degree murder after breaking into a woman's home and slitting her throat. He was released on parole after serving four years of an 18-year sentence