Derek Medina, Man Who Posted Wife’s Body on Facebook, Pleads Not Guilty

Derek Medina, the Miami man accused of posting his slain wife’s dead body on Facebook, pleaded not guilty.
Derek Medina, Man Who Posted Wife’s Body on Facebook, Pleads Not Guilty
Jack Phillips
8/29/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

Derek Medina, the Miami man accused of posting his slain wife’s dead body on Facebook, pleaded not guilty.

MIAMI (AP) — A man accused of killing his wife and then posting a confession and a bloody picture of her body on Facebook has pleaded not guilty in Florida.

Prosecutors say 31-year-old Derek Medina fatally shot 26-year-old Jennifer Alfonso at their South Miami townhome earlier this month. A judge on Thursday set a tentative trial date of Nov. 4.

Medina is charged with second-degree murder, but The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/12OBS5L ) reports prosecutors will likely seek a first-degree murder indictment when the grand jury returns in September.

Alfonso’s relatives didn’t speak in court Thursday.

Medina’s attorney Sam Zangeneh says his team hasn’t decided on a defense strategy yet.

Court records indicate Alfonso was shot six to eight times during an argument with Medina.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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