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Jury recommends murder defendant serve 2 life terms
The Associated Press//August 2, 2019//
(AP) A Chesterfield County jury has recommended that a man convicted of murder receive two life terms plus 43 years and pay a $100,000 fine for paralyzing his pregnant estranged wife and killing her boyfriend.
The jury on Aug. 1 found Joshua Federico guilty of murder, attempted murder and aggravated malicious wounding, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. He was convicted of shooting and paralyzing his estranged wife, Sarah Federico, while she was pregnant, as well as killing her boyfriend, Lawrence Howell. Joshua Federico is separately accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire scheme while he was incarcerated to kill Sarah Federico and family members.
Sarah Federico’s child was born healthy and unharmed from the shooting.
Joshua Federico will be sentenced in November and a separate trial stemming from the murder-for-hire plot is pending.
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