Tina Strader had a special way of letting her husband, Gerald, know she was safe, until the day it raised the alarm because she wasn’t. What happened to the loving wife still haunts each night ...

Tina Strader, a mother and grandmother who worked at a Florida motel, was fatally attacked by a guest and found by her concerned husband, authorities said. Screengrab from Gerald Strader's ...

Those who knew Tina Strader say she was finally turning her life around before her murder nearly four years ago. Wendy Patrick saw that up close as Strader’s case manager in a jail diversion ...

Stephen Havrilka, 34, was found guilty of the 2021 killing of hotel housekeeper Tina Strader, who was brutally beaten and ...

Correction: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the victim's last name. The almost imperceptible sound of ...

"He just wanted to kill another human being," Assistant State Attorney Karen Fraivillig tells PEOPLE A Florida man accused of killing a housekeeper and leaving her battered body in a motel closet ...

VENICE, Fla. — Those who knew Tina Strader say she was finally turning her life around before her murder nearly four years ago. Wendy Patrick saw that up close as Strader’s case manager in a ...