Eric Robinson in court as jurors convict him of murdering Nicholis Wilcox. Isabella Tagliarini testified the defendant forced her to help get rid of the body. (Screenshots: Law&Crime Network)
Florida jurors convicted a man on Monday of fatally beating a former roommate, his ex-girlfriend's new lover, finding him guilty of second-degree murder.
"Die, motherf—er," yelled Eric Robinson, 51, while killing Nicholis Wilcox, 39, according to testimony from his ex, Isabella Tagliarini. "Die, motherf—er."
This case was a retrial. The last time ended in a mistrial when an ex-fiancée testified about about having a prior restraining order against Robinson. Jurors were not supposed to hear about that.
The victim and Tagliarini had been living together in Plantation, Florida. Authorities said Robinson attacked the man — his former roommate — in the middle of the night on Oct. 5, 2017, wrapped his body in a tarp and discarded his remains in a dumpster. He forced Tagliarini to help get rid of the body.
GUILTY: A jury has found #EricRobinson guilty of second degree murder for the killing of his former roommate #NicholisWilcox. The victim was also his ex-girlfriend's new lover. Robinson beat Wilcox to death, wrapped his body in a tarp and threw him away in a Florida dumpster. pic.twitter.com/VVF808Mg8i
— Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) May 1, 2023
Tagliarini pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder and testified against Robinson.
The ex-girlfriend involved in the roommate romance murder retrial testified about the moment #EricRobinson allegedly beat #NicholisWilcox to death. #IsabellaTagliarini, Robinson's ex-girlfriend, said she heard her new lover, Wilcox, dying — grasping for air. pic.twitter.com/UgKiioOVQT
— Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) April 25, 2023
Prosecutors played video from a Florida dump station that shows #EricRobinson getting rid of trash hours after his ex-girlfriend's new lover, #NicholasWilcox, was murdered. pic.twitter.com/HcZFRVezkE
— Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) April 24, 2023
Christina Bubba and Vanessa Bein contributed to this report.
