A year after a convicted felon brutally beat a woman to death inside a Venice motel room, he was found incompetent to stand trial, stalling the case against him.
Havrilka, who has 19 felony convictions, remains in custody at the Sarasota County Jail without bail. The case remains under investigation.
The Sheriff’s Office at first did not identify Strader as the victim, citing Marsy’s Law. Gerald Strader did so in a Facebook post.
The text on the GoFundMe page he set up simply read: “On Tuesday April 20, 2021 my beautiful wife was murdered by an unstable person while she was at work. I am disabled, in a wheelchair, with limited use of either hand. We have no money to cover the funeral expenses or my living expenses.”
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Husband of Venice murder victim raising funds for funeral expenses
Venice murder suspect background By ABC7 Staff | April 23, 2021 at 3:49 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 4:00 PM
VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - The husband of the Venice woman brutally beaten to death inside a hotel room is asking the public for help with funeral expenses.
Gerald Strader is asking for help paying for the funeral of his wife Tina who was killed Tuesday at the Rodeway Inn where she worked.
Gerald had been married to Tina for six years. She had worked at the hotel since December 2019. He had been trying to text his wife throughout the evening and became concerned when she did not answer any of his text messages.
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