Jacksonville, FL — UPDATE, 7/6/17: Frederick Wade was sentenced to 45 years in Kalil McCoy's death.
Judge sentences Frederick Wade to 45 years in prison. @ActionNewsJax
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) July 6, 2017
State "He treated Ms. McCoy no better than a piece of trash, he left her to rot in the heat of Jacksonville." @ActionNewsJax
— Bridgette Matter (@bridgetteANjax) July 6, 2017
Original story below:
A man has been convicted for a second time in a young woman's 2011 murder.
Frederick Wade was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in Kalil McCoy's 2011 death after a retrial.
The verdict came in after more than three hours of jury deliberations.
The second trial began Tuesday for Wade, who was convicted in McCoy's murder six years ago.
In 2011, Wade was found guilty in the shooting death of McCoy. An appeals court granted a new trial after bad jury instructions.
Prosecutors say Wade killed McCoy during a fight about a car window being down June 2011.
McCoy, Wade and three friends were coming home from a night of partying at a Jacksonville club.
On Tuesday, witnesses who were in the car testified. Kennard Mahone was sitting behind Wade in the car when the gun went off.
Lynette Roebuck, McCoy’s mother, said the verdict brings closure after six years of waiting.
"We finally got victory and justice for my daughter," Roebuck told Action News Jax. "It's not going to bring her back, but at least I don't have to see his face or hear his name ever again."
Wade also had family members at the trial. After the verdict was announced, he told them he loved them as he was being escorted out of the courtroom.
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