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    Derrek Perkins Sentenced to Life in Prison in 2020 FL Slaying of Brandi Brooker


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    State to seek death penalty for man accused of fatally stabbing wife in St. Johns County

    Derrek Perkins charged with first-degree murder

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    The state intends to seek the death penalty against a man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in St. Johns County, the State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

    Derrek Perkins, 41, was indicted Oct. 14 by a grand jury on one count of first-degree murder, one count of burglary of a dwelling with assault/battery while armed and aggravated stalking with a weapon.

    On Oct. 13, according to investigators, Perkins attacked Brandi Brooker, 35, as she arrived at a home where she was staying in the Hastings area. State Attorney R.J. Larizza said the victim was “savagely stabbed” about 14 times as she pleaded for her life.

    “He lay in wait until she arrived with her co-worker/friend and sprung from his hiding place,” Larizza said in a prepared statement Wednesday.

    According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, said another person inside the house heard the victim yelling “help me” and then called 911. Minutes after the attack, deputies said, Perkins was arrested in the area of State Road 207 and Morrison Road with blood on his legs.

    The State Attorney’s Office said Brooker was no longer interested in continuing a relationship with Perkins, and Brooker’s family said she left Perkins before she was killed.

    On Oct. 9, investigators said, Perkins tried running over Brooker with his car. On Oct. 12, Brooker took out a restraining order against him -- which had not been served yet. The next day, deputies said, Perkins went to her workplace and stole her wallet hours before she was killed.

    Prosecutors said the state’s notice of intent to seek the death penalty -- which was filed Wednesday -- lists multiple aggravating factors, including that the incident was “heinous, atrocious or cruel” and “committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner.”

    Family said Brooker was the mother of two girls and, no matter what she went through, she never lost her smile.

    https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/...-johns-county/
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    St. John's County man pleads guilty to fatally stabbing ex-girlfriend 14 times, will do life in prison

    The arrest report said Perkins had droplets of blood on his leg at the time of his arrest

    By First Coast News Staff

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The St. John's County man charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend 14 times last year until she died pleaded guilty Friday morning to five charges.

    Derrek Wayne Perkins was subsequently sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Brandi Nicole Brooker.

    He pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder, one count of burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery with a weapon, one count of aggravated stalking with a weapon, one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of petit theft.

    According to deputies, on the evening of Oct.13, 2020, Perkins was waiting for his ex-girlfriend to arrive at her residence and upon her arrival, repeatedly stabbed her until she died on her porch.

    Brooker's friend and co-worker was present during the vicious attack.

    Perkins was arrested less than an hour after the call came on State Road 207 and Morrison Road. The arrest report said Perkins had droplets of blood on his leg at the time of his arrest.

    Deputies say Perkins and Brooker had a prior domestic relationship that she was no longer interested in continuing.

    Our news partners at the Florida Times-Union report that Brooker had just filed the injunction against Perkins days prior, saying he had tried to run her over on in the parking lot at her job. It had been signed but not served yet, the report said.

    Perkins was charged with theft after he went into Brooker's workplace and stole her purse earlier that week.

    Circuit Judge Howard Maltz presided over the case and pronounced the sentence. Homicide Unit Prosecutor Mark Johnson handled the case for the State.

    https://www.firstcoastnews.com/artic...f-e156925e9888
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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