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Florida mom-of-two is facing a life sentence after she was found guilty of shooting dead a teenager over claims he molested her six-year-old daughter.
Connie Serbu, 43, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury for the 2016 shooting death of Xavier Sierra.
Jurors delivered their verdict after a week-long trial, where prosecutors said that Serbu wanted revenge after her daughter told a babysitter that Sierra had touched her inappropriately.
At the time, she was six and Sierra was about 12 or 13, reports the
Naples Daily News.
The entire murder plot began to unfold on May 30, 2016, when Serbu's daughter revealed that Sierra, a family friend, had a molested her five years prior.
Her daughter's allegations reportedly enraged Serbu, a married mom, who began to plot her retaliation.
On June 1, 2016, Serbu reached out to Sierra and asked the recent high school graduate to help her assemble a bunk bed for 'easy money.'
Seven days later John Vargas, Serbu's developmentally disabled brother, arrived in Naples to visit his sister from New York.
Court records describe Vargas as someone 'easily persuaded.'
officers responded to a report that gunshots had been fired at the undeveloped location where Serbu attacked Sierra.
There, they found a blue, four-door Hyundai parked near the scene and Serbu inside.
After searching the area, the found the bodies of Sierra and Vargas near the Gordon River.
Serbu confessed her involvement, saying: 'It's all my fault.'
'So I don't care, he raped my daughter...she told me everything that happened.'
Serbu's conviction could land her in prison for the rest of her life. She now awaits sentencing on January 3.