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Dan Serafini Proclaims Innocence in Dateline Prison Interview After Life-Without-Parole Sentence

The broadcast spotlights a prosecution that relied on cellphone location data with an accomplice’s testimony.

Overview

  • Serafini, in a Dateline interview Friday, said the justice system failed him and insisted he is innocent.
  • He is serving two life terms without parole plus 25 years to life for burglary after his February 2026 sentencing.
  • Prosecutors said he hid in the Lake Tahoe home in June 2021, killed Robert Gary Spohr, and wounded Wendy Wood, who later died by suicide after long rehab.
  • Samantha Scott, who drove him to and from the area, pleaded guilty as an accessory and received two years of probation in March 2026.
  • Investigators cited Scott’s phone location near the scene and her testimony that she saw him test a gun with a PVC pipe silencer.