‘My Best Friend Died At The Hands Of A Serial Killer': Loved Ones Mourn Murder Of Sunrise Mother Erika Verdecia

By Karli Barnett, CBS Miami

October 18, 2021

A family is grieving after their worst fear was confirmed.

The body of Erika Verdecia, who had been missing for weeks, was found in a canal Sunday.

Sunrise Police said the man who confessed to her murder, Eric Pierson, 54, had killed before.

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