Rock Hill man pleads guilty in wife’s 2020 death after burned body found in Kentucky grave
A Rock Hill man faces up to life in prison after his wife’s burned body was found in Kentucky in 2020, federal prosecutors in South Carolina said.
Lawrence Joseph Florentine, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenville to interstate domestic violence resulting in death, use of a firearm during a crime of violence to cause death, obstruction of justice, and use of fire during the commission of a felony, according to a statement released Thursday by the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, Adair Boroughs.
The charred body of his wife, Nicole Zahnd Florentine, was found in a makeshift grave in Fredonia, Ky. in June 2020, officials said in the statement. She had been shot in the head, prosecutors said.
Authorities found evidence that included the victim’s blood in Florentine’s abandoned car, prosecutors said.
Florentine was captured by Denver police in Colorado in late June 2020, according to authorities.
A sentencing date has not been set.
