Man Sentenced for Gruesome Hatchet Murder and Backyard Burial of Woman
Milton, FL – A chilling narrative of murder unfolded in a Florida courtroom as Johnny Edwards Malisham, 62, received a 25-year prison sentence for the 2021 killing of Cynthia Hoover. The Santa Rosa County Circuit Court Judge, Clifton Alan Drake, handed down the sentence following Malisham’s guilty plea to second-degree murder and illegal firearm possession. The conviction brings closure to a case that began with the mysterious disappearance of Hoover and ended in a horrifying …