SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — A Seminole County jury found Dwayne White guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife Sarah Rucker. The verdict was delivered late Thursday afternoon.
In August 2011, deputies found Rucker’s body outside the former Miami Subs restaurant near State Road 434 and Interstate 4.
Investigators said White, beat her, stabbed her in the neck and then dumped her body.
In the months leading up to her death, Rucker, a mother, made several 911 calls reporting White to authorities.
“I ran around the car, and he pushed me down and threw a bottle of Heineken at me because he was drinking,” she told dispatchers in one call.
In one instance, Rucker told deputies that White was “going to kill her” and that she was “as good as dead.”
That happened six months before two people stumbled upon her body in a pool of blood.
Investigators said Rucker's last call to 911 was made hours before her death.
Investigators charged White because they said there was forensic evidence tying him to the murder.
Jury selection for the trial started Monday. The sentencing phase will begin Oct. 28.
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