![]() ![]() On May 1, 2023, Donaldson pleaded guilty in the murders and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole. ![]() Donaldson's trial was set for August 2023. On January 23, 2018, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren announced his office would seek the death penalty against Donaldson. He pleaded not guilty to all charges five days later. Donaldson was indicted on the charges on December 7, 2017. Donaldson stated that the pistol belonged to him but did not state whether he had committed the killings. On that basis, police charged Donaldson with four counts of murder. Subsequent investigation revealed that the pistol may have fired the bullets used in the killings and that Donaldson's cell phone had been in the vicinity of the killings at the relevant times, while a search of Donaldson's vehicle found clothing similar to that seen in surveillance footage of the killing. On November 28, 2017, police arrested Donaldson after he handed a pistol in a bag to his manager at the McDonald's where he worked and instructed her to bury the bag without opening it. Prior to his arrest, the media called the killer the Seminole Heights serial killer. All four victims were shot dead seemingly at random. Howell Emanuel "Trai" Donaldson III (born January 26, 1993) is a serial killer who was convicted of the 2017 murders of three men and one woman around the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. ![]()
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