‘Pure Hell’: 6 Shocking Moments from Seminole Heights Serial Killer’s Sentencing
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2023
- The Florida man who murdered four innocent people in the Seminole Heights of Tampa without a clear motive pleaded guilty to the serial killing spree Monday. Details of the brutal 2017 murders were revealed in court as Howell Emanuel "Trai" Donaldson awaited his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber breaks down six shocking moments from Donaldson’s sentencing.
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I moved out of state in December so I didn’t hear updates but I’m so glad he’s finally away for forever, I lived in the street that he killed at the end of twice.
This case stood out for sure. Classified accurately as a serial killer. No criminal background. College graduate. Two parent household. How he got caught was totally insane.
How dare they tell her to calm down that was her moment 😡
So tragic... I feel so sorry for these families... Lives forever changed... 😢
Very Tragic, Mental illness is dangerous !!
Wishing that a murderous sociopath would feel empathy for his victims is a fool’s errand.
Serial as it happened over the course of a month. Spree killing is when there is no cooling off period.
life in prison is an extreme burden on society...... life sentences for violent crimes need to carry a speedy death penalty
needs hard labor for 20 then the chair
This is why I said “an eye for an eye”
He killed 4 people separately over a month so yes he’s considered a serial killer since there was time in between killings for those trying to argue his label.
A serial killer if there were 3 or more victims in at least a 2 week time period.
@@falseking989 there’s normally about four weeks in a month so not sure where you were going with that.
did you ask the families about dropping him out a plane?
I followed this case ever since it first happened. I’m disappointed to see that he isn’t getting the death penalty
How you a serial killer and plead guilty to avoid the death penalty? The four victims had no say in the matter. A guilty plead should not be an option. If anyone should have a say in this mans life it should be the family of the victims.
She didn’t need to tell her calm down..that’s not right
It's disgusting isn't it
I remember watching his interrogation video, the way the detectives tricked him into thinking he was going home, was great. They need to bury him under the prison.
I’m from England, and I’ve followed this case since the videos of the suspect first started making their rounds online. Absolutely terrifying for the Seminole Heights community until he was caught, and 4 families were left damaged in the worst possible way :(
My mom and brother live less a mile apart in Seminole heights. Two murders happened within 300 feet of my moms house and the other 2 within 500 feet of my brothers. It was wild considering the killer went to the same high-school as me too
😮 wow, glad you are ok.
this happened when i first moved to florida :( it really freaked me out :(
Unbelievable ‼️ He should get the DEATH PENALTY. It should be automatic in our country.
nah, that justice is best served by the community, not the government
well, it does not work that way
@@nevertakeadayoff Agreed
I don’t understand the lack of the demand for the WHY with this plea agreement. Not every one who has schizophrenia becomes a killer. Whyyyy did he do this!?
"I mean that from my uterus" .... I'm just saying ... Lol
Whoever that was telling that poor woman to calm down needs to check themselves for real.
Another senseless horrible killing recently happened in Holiday FL. A husband just texted his wife he was delivering his last pizza and never came home. He was pulling into the house and dismembered.
Please have situational awareness. Insist children let you know where they're going etc.
"He was pulling into the house and dismembered." What?? Proofread please.
The man was delivering food and the guy who lived there, pulled the man into the house and dismembered his body. He threw some of the body parts in a trash bag and they were found. 😢😢
@@sjohnson65456 LOL I read that comment a few times trying to figure out what the heck they're trying to say 😂
@@bbe3034 basically what I said
Horrific, I just heard about this crime on the news in the last few days.
When he thinks he's tough enough to take others lifes, he has no right to protect his own just by pleading guilty....
A person that takes another’s life isn’t strong. That’s where you’re wrong.
Great narrative hosting. I definitely feel for all the families. May they all have the continued strength to endure. Monsters come in ALL colors. If it was my way, I'd LOVE to have all normal wanting peace and pro humanity beings on one side of the earth, and ALL the ignorant monsters on the other. If you really want extreme, I'd go as far as saying, if "nukes" HAD TO BE USED, use it on that very side of the planet the monsters reside... 🙏🏾 To All Those Who Lost Life in this tragedy and their Families...
Never relax.
At least he wasn't touching kids and dogs like you Pink raw uncooked chickens love to do. LMBAO 🤣😂
Around....
relaxing is ok. always gotta be aware of surroundings and situations.
MY profile name says it all 🏴
Calm down? Are you serious? I would have went BALLISTIC in that court room.
It’s crazy asf to me that I was best friends with his little brother we went to the same elementary school and high school shits crazy asf
Life in prison just means a life without accountability or bills. This is something the ordinary person dreams of
but also means life without youtube, internet, playstation, computer, smart-phone, alcohol, drugs. life without privacy. life without deciding when to wake up or go to bed or to shower. life without ordering pizza and apple pie. life without able to drive, to go to places. life without able to hug a tree or even touch the grass.
At least he won't be walking the streets killing people anymore. That is the most important thing.
@@STCatchMeTRACjRo immates can get access to all those things and they can certainly touch grass.
Sure, you are correct !!
@@beans1998 so they can order pizza? they can drive a car while in prison?
I’m From the U.K. and I followed this case from the get go I remember his parents saying he was a Christian and he could never do such thing they even had a fb group to protest his innocence… rip to the victims and a part of me feels for both families
I have noticed that a lot of family members choose life over death penalty and I hope that I never go through that but I think I would be letting the people that was killed down or came short but I don’t know how I would react if it was me I would think I wouldn’t let him live
They will take care of him once he hits the prison yard.
Not unless the families have some members of said families in prison to take care of him he's basically on the top of the food chain being a murderer
@@kristilicea1472 Serial murderers and child murderers are not held in high regard in prison.
Well;
Now he has a place to go to ….
I was sure he was going to take it to trial.
After he was moaning about everything at the beginning.
He looks so horrible, especially that side-eyed look he gave was absolutely awful. Four people were senselessly murdered. My ❤ aches for these families.
With a 25year minimum mandatory.Cases like these shouldn't have a minimum.Why can't the 4 consecutive life sentences stand without any min.Hopefully he won't be parolled
Florida does *not* have parole so, no worries about that 👌🏽
I don’t think these murderers care one single bit about their actions. I don’t think they are haunted by it at any time during their life in prison. But I know it help’s family members SO much to give a statement.
I lived in this neighborhood while this monster was running around terrorizing my neighborhood, I used to bike to and from work and rode my bike passed the victim Monica, idk how many times. I'm certain I heard him running through one of the alleyways as I was biking home from work one night.
Straight out of the trees 🌲
Wow, calm down huh??? The sister was being very respectful and being a Christian showing forgiveness.
She still kept her composure even after being told to calm down. Shame on the courts not letting her speak freely. She wasn’t using profanity, she was forgiving a monster.
I don't agree that she was told to calm down. She was passionate and angry(righteously) and was very controlled. Now according to the Bible, forgiveness does not come without, true, genuine repentance. The Bible never say to forgive without the other showing remorse for the wrong they've done. And why was he let out prison!!!!!
I drove for Lyft in the Tampa Bay area at night time from 2016-2020. Lived over in Clearwater across the Bay (SR-60 Courtney Campbell). I would always start my nights at the Tampa International Airport and then would always try to make my way over to the bar district (South Howard Avenue) or (Ybor City) right when the bars were closing due to the surge rates. Howell Donaldson worked nights over at the McDonald's over there in Ybor City. He would get off work around between 4:30 a.m. - 5 a.m. in the morning. I would usually get stuck over in that area receiving ride requests. I picked him up 3 times after he got off work after getting a Lyft requests from that McDonald's. (He was having car problems at the time with his Red Ford Mustang). I vividly remember picking him up because he used to live in Town 'N' Country off of Millwood Drive. I was excited because his particular ride / fare would bring me closer to my destination home because I would try to end my nights around that time before the morning rush hour traffic would pick up. I would joke with him thanking him for bringing me closer to home jokingly telling him he was doing me a favor. We made small talk. He was relatively quite but somewhat polite. When the news broke and they identified him as the culprit behind these murders I couldn't believe it. It was such a tense time period living in the Tampa Bay area during this time period.
It's possible that you've driven me home from work one time during the killings. I stopped biking after I heard him rusting around in one of the alleyways and started using Lyft. If you did, I really appreciate you getting me home safely.
Calm down cuz your getting loud while we talk to your brothers killer..🥺 shame on her.
He was an underachiever @ some of the best schools. Then maybe you weren't working hard enough @ applying yourself. What you needed was to find something you we're good @ & achieve those goals. You weren't hearing voices as I will never buy that excuse, you simply gave up! You sought out victims to take your anger out @ thus cutting there life's short & forever changing there families yet you don't want to die! Wow, just when you think you've seen it all but I agree with some of the families you've destroyed. Let everyday in a prison with animals like yourself & see if jealousy & envie was worth the life's you took. Ontario, 🇨🇦 😢
Seems more like a spree killer not a serial. Only a month... I wouldnt consider that a serial. Still terrible nevertheless. This place is out of control.
evil man
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How he kill 4 people 😢 . Im not believe 😭.
Horrible person he is.😢
It's called a "Gun."
You can kill way more
than 4 people with a "Gun."
Huh? What makes him special that you can't believe it? Doesn't even make sense, and your writing is terrible.
MY profile name says it all
@@NOTODIVERSITY123NO to eugenics.
I live right off of 39th n hillsborough. But when this happened I stayed right by ybor and used to go to the McDonald’s he used to work at every week