Thomas Anthony Wyatt v. State Florida

Wyatt and Michael Lovette escaped from a North Carolina road gang on May 13, 1988. The pair then set out on a crime spree throughout Florida. On May 19, 1988, Cathy Nydegger was at a bar near Tampa where she was seen talking to and playing the "skill crane" with Wyatt. They left together carrying several stuffed animals they had won. Wyatt returned to the bar ten or fifteen minutes later and left again with Michael Lovette. Nydeggers body was found the next day in a ditch in a deserted area in Indian River County. She had been shot once in the head.