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Former MLB Pitcher and Accomplice Arrested in Connection with Deadly Lake Tahoe-Area Attack

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Key takeaways:

  • Two people, Danny Serafini and Samantha Scott, have been arrested in connection with the attack that left one man dead and his wife in critical condition.
  • Serafini is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and the two suspects knew each other and the victims.
  • The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the attack and is asking anyone with information to contact them.

Police have arrested two people in connection with a Lake Tahoe-area attack that left one man dead and his wife in critical condition. On Friday morning, Danny Serafini, 49, and Samantha Scott, 33, were arrested in Nevada in connection to the slaying of 70-year-old Robert Gary Spohr and the attempted murder of 68-year-old Wendy Wood.

Serafini is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and the two suspects knew each other and the victims, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. The nature of the relationship between Serafini and Scott is unknown.

Serafini and Scott were arrested separately, hundreds of miles apart in Las Vegas and northwest of Reno. Spohr was killed and Wood survived the shooting at their home in an unincorporated community in California off the shore of Lake Tahoe.

The investigation into the attack has been ongoing for two years and the arrests of Serafini and Scott are the latest development in the case. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has not released any further details about the investigation or the suspects.

The attack has left the community in shock and authorities are urging anyone with information about the case to come forward. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the attack and is asking anyone with information to contact them.

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