Ex-MLB pitcher convicted of murder breaks silence from prison
Dan Serafini, a journeyman MLB relief pitcher, was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison in February . The conviction came two years after Serafini was arrested as the principal suspect in the shooting of his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, and mother-in-law, Wendy Wood-Spohr, inside their Lake Tahoe home in 2021. Last July, a Northern California jury convicted Serafini of murder, attempted murder and burglary following a three-week trial.
His defense attorneys did not call any witnesses, including Serafini himself. MORE: Former Astros prospect, 35, killed in tragic auto accident In a soon-to-be released interview with Dateline NBC, Serafini will plead his case. “I believe the circumstantial stuff that (prosecutors) had was just making up a story,” Serafini told Keith Morrison.
“They had no proof, no anything. ” Serafini also blamed the jury for his conviction, as well as his trial attorneys. “[The jury] just didn’t like me,” he told Morrison.
“They didn’t like my lifestyle. They didn’t like the way I acted in court, which I didn’t act anyway. So I sat there like I was supposed to because my lawyers told me to.
Don’t react. Don’t respond. Sit there like nothing is bothering you.