Jury Returns VERDICT in Grisly Tampa Bay Murder Trial

After more than 11 hours of deliberations, a Florida jury reached a verdict in Robert Kessler’s trial. Kessler was charged with murder and abuse of a dead body in the 2021 death of 47-year-old mother, Stephanie Crone-Overholts. Kessler was ultimately convicted of second-degree murder, which was a lesser included charge, and abuse of a dead corpse in connection with Crone-Overholts’ death, whose scattered remains were found in Tampa’s McKay Bay.