FORT WALTON BEACH, FL. (THECOUNT) — Judsen Cunningham, the Florida man on trial in the 2016 boating crash that killed two people, was found dead Thursday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A Florida circuit judge convened court Thursday morning declaring a mistrial in Cunningham’s double-fatal boating-under-the-influence case and dismissed the jury.
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The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to Cunningham’s home earlier Thursday morning and found him dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, reports journalstar.
Prosecutors had spent two days building a case against Cunningham in the March 2016 crash.
Witnesses testified that he had been drinking and operating a boat with 11 other young people on board when it crashed into a jetty in Destin’s East Pass, killing Avery Hatchett and Anna Sorokina.
Geo quick facts: Fort Walton Beach is a small city in the Florida Panhandle. It’s known for fine white-sand beaches on adjacent Okaloosa Island. The island’s Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park is home to dolphins, penguins and alligators. The Indian Temple Mound Museum includes the prehistoric Temple Mound and Native American artifacts. Northeast, the Air Force Armament Museum displays artifacts and aircraft from WWI to the present – wikipedia.