State Attorney to seek death penalty for ‘cold, calculated’ quadruple murder in Brevard County home
The State Attorney for Brevard County has announced plans to seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing four people in their home last month.
>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<
36-year-old Domenico Gigante’s alleged victims included his own 15-year-old daughter, Kiarra Terwilliger, and Kiarra’s mother and grandmother, Constance and Glenda Terwilliger.
READ: Pine Hills residents call for changes to bus stops after women attacked
Investigators identified the fourth victim as 36-year-old Michael Watson, another resident of the home and the father of two children who were found at the crime scene unharmed.
Brevard County Sheriff’s Office investigators say Gigante broke into the home on Alan Shepard Ave. on March 1 and shot all four victims.
State files Notice of Intent to Seek Death Penalty for Domenico GIGANTE (36) in the "cold calculated and premeditated murders" of Kiarra, Constance, & Glenda Terwilliger, and Michael Watson - Details, & Notice download at: https://t.co/HfGD42lYTw pic.twitter.com/YsMkaHD9vg
— State Attorney 18th Circuit FL (@SA18PIO) April 4, 2023
According to court documents, a witness told investigators Gigante had been trying to reconnect with his daughter and was frustrated by her refusal to have a relationship with him.
READ: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 charges; admonished by judge
The witness told investigators that days before the murders, Gigante said he was going to “go over there and kill them all.”
Gigante was officially indicted on four counts of first-degree premeditated murder last week, qualifying him for the death penalty.
In their notice to seek the death penalty, prosecutors said the murders were “committed in a cold, calculated, and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.” The notice also cites Gigante’s status as a “familial or custodial authority over the victim” with regard to Kiarra Terwilliger.
READ: Student accidentally shot himself in Daytona State College parking lot, chief says
Gigante has been in custody in the Brevard County Jail since the day of the murders. He remains there with no bond.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for May 26 before Circuit Judge Tesha Scolaro Ballou.
Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
