Florida 'Killer clown' murder suspect pleads guilty in 33-year-old case

[Zorro]

The plea deal ends one of the most highly anticipated trials before it began. Her lawyer says she could be out in less than a year.


This booking photo is of Sheila Keen-Warren. Florida's infamous killer clown murder case has finally ended with the long-suspected murderer taking a plea deal.

A clown came to Marlene Warren’s door on a May morning in 1990, handed her carnations and balloons and then shot her dead in front of her son. On Tuesday, her husband’s second wife finally pleaded guilty to being the killer, closing a case that is strange even by Florida standards.

Sheila Keen-Warren, 59, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal that will likely see her released from prison in no more than two years. Long suspected of being the shooter, Keen-Warren has been jailed awaiting trial for first-degree murder since 2017, when Palm Beach County sheriff’s investigators said improvements in DNA technology proved that a hair found in the clown’s getaway car came from her. Keen-Warren has insisted, however, that she is not the killer.

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said in a statement that the plea deal “obtained a measure of justice” for Marlene Warren and her son. No public notice was given for Tuesday’s plea hearing in West Palm Beach, which otherwise would have drawn a throng of reporters and spectators. Instead, it was handled quietly during Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer’s lunch break from another murder trial.

“Sheila Keen Warren has finally been forced to admit that she was the one who dressed as a clown and took the life of an innocent victim. She will be a convicted murderer for the rest of her days,” Aronberg said.

Her attorney, Greg Rosenfeld, told The Associated Press in a phone interview that “this is an incredible win for Ms. Keen-Warren,” still insisting she is not the killer. Keen-Warren has said she is not the killer.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2023/04/25/florida-killer-clown-murder-suspect-pleads-guilty-33-year-old-case/

She pleads guilty, but her attorney insists she's not guilty. Seems to me it's gotta be one or the other.

[wolfie001]

1. Serving less than two years for second degree murder?

She must've been a republican voter. It's Florida after all.