Pre-med student admits to killing mother in Frostproof: Sheriff Grady Judd
Courtesy: Polk County Sheriff's Office
FROSTPROOF, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investing a homicide in Frostproof.
Sheriff Grady Judd says Emmanuel Espinoza, 21, who is a pre-med student at the University of Florida, drove to his mother's house on Saturday afternoon and stabbed her to death.
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Judd says after killing her, he called 911 and confessed.
Espinoza told investigators that he killed his mother because she got on his nerves.
Elvia Espinoza was 46-years-old and a second grade teacher at Ben Hill Griffin Elementary School in Frostproof.
Emmanuel Espinoza was charged with first degree murder, according to deputies.
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