Overview

• A Placer County jury on July 14 found the former MLB pitcher guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and first-degree burglary for the June 5, 2021 ambush of his in-laws at their Lake Tahoe home.
• He remains held without bail and faces life in prison when he is sentenced on August 18.
• Prosecutors said a $1.3 million ranch renovation and inheritance dispute drove the attack, bolstered by text messages in which Serafini threatened to kill his in-laws.
• Investigators presented surveillance footage of a hooded figure arriving hours before the shooting, forensic links to a .22-caliber gun and testimony from Serafini’s brother and a former coworker about his planning.
• Samantha Scott, who drove Serafini to Lake Tahoe on the day of the shooting, pleaded guilty to accessory charges and testified against him at trial.