LAKELAND, Fla. – A 36-year-old man has been arrested in the deaths of a former Lakeland city commissioner and her husband during an attempted robbery at their home, police said.Marcelle Waldon was arrested Wednesday night and charged with 10 felonies, including first-degree murder in the Tuesday morning deaths of David Henderson, 63, and Edith Yates Henderson, 67.
She served as a Lakeland city commissioner from 2006 until the beginning of 2018.Police went to the home on Tuesday after being called by a man who had been trying to reach his mother by text message all day, Sam Taylor, chief of detectives, said during a news conference on Thursday morning.The son went inside the home, but backed out and called police after seeing it was in.