Vigil Held for Sunrise Mother Killed By Confessed Convict

Family and friends held an emotional vigil for 33-year-old Erika Verdecia in Davie at the very same spot where her body was recovered just over a week ago near Orange Drive.  “The balloons mean fly high Erika,” Verdecia’s mother, Carmen Verdecia said. Verdecia leaves behind a six-year-old daughter. Eric Pierson, 54, was arrested Saturday on a first-degree murder charge just...