Former MLB Pitcher Dan Serafini Convicted of Murder in Shootings of His Wife’s Parents

Former MLB Pitcher Dan Serafini Convicted of Murder in Shootings of His Wife’s Parents
Dan Serafini #64 of the Anaheim Angels poses for a photo during Team Photo Day at the Angels Training Facility at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., on Feb. 26, 2002. Tom Hauck/Getty Images
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AUBURN, Calif.—Retired MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini has been convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shootings of his wife’s parents during a burglary at their home four years ago near Lake Tahoe in California.

A Placer County jury on Monday found the 51-year-old guilty of killing his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, and severely wounding his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, on June 5, 2021, at their home on the lake’s west shore. Wood received extensive rehabilitation but died a year after the shooting.