Crime & Safety
Woman Charged In South Florida Teen's Machete Death Seeking Plea Deal
"I did not kill that boy, I promise!" Strickland screamed at a Miami-Dade detective in a police interrogation video.
May 15, 2022
In an effort to avoid a life sentence, a woman accused of participating in the machete killing of a South Florida teen almost seven years ago is ready to take a plea deal, according to her attorney.
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Desiray Strickland was 19 when she and four others were arrested following the June 2015 death of 17-year-old Jose Amaya Guardado. Police said he was hacked to death and buried in a shallow grave in Homestead.
“I did not kill that boy, I promise!” Strickland screamed at a Miami-Dade detective in a police interrogation video.
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