Ronnie Hyde, who was convicted last year of killing 16-year-old Fred Laster, pleaded guilty Wednesday in the possession of child pornography case against him, according to Duval County court records.
Convicted murderer Ronnie Hyde was back in court on Monday for his upcoming trial for possession of child pornography.
After less than three hours of deliberations, the jury returned with a guilty verdict Friday against a former youth pastor accused of killing and dismembering a 16-year-old boy in 1994.
In a trial that is expected to wrap up by Friday, the prosecution rested its case Thursday afternoon against the former youth pastor charged with killing and dismembering a 16-year-old boy in 1994.
A day after jurors listened to grim testimony in the murder trial of the former youth pastor charged with killing and dismembering a 16-year-old boy in 1994, testimony resumed early Wednesday.
Attorneys delivered opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Ronnie Hyde, the former youth pastor charged with the 1994 murder of a teenage boy, whose dismembered remains weren’t identified until 2016.
Jury selection began at 9 a.m. Monday in the trial of Ronnie Hyde, the former youth pastor charged in the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Fred Laster, whose dismembered body was found abandoned in a Lake City dumpster.
Nearly three decades after 16-year-old Fred Laster’s dismembered body was found abandoned in a Lake City dumpster, his accused killer, Ronnie Hyde, is going to trial. Jury selection starts Monday.
A motion hearing took place Friday in the case of Ronnie Hyde, who’s been indicted for the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Fred Laster.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Duval County grand jury has returned indictments for first-degree murder in two Jacksonville cold cases. The first notable case involves William Baer, who is charged with murder in the 1999 stabbing death of businessman Saad Kawaf and the robbery of his wife at their home in Deerwood. RELATED: Documents: ’99 cold case victim was under FBI investigationAdBaer also is charged with kidnapping with a weapon, armed robbery, armed burglary, and aggravated battery. The second case involves Ronnie Hyde, who was arrested in March 2017 for the 1994 murder of Fred Laster, a 16-year-old boy. Investigators believe Laster was killed in Hyde’s Jacksonville Beach home.
