Man found guilty of 2007 triple-murder, kidnapping

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Wesnel Isaac

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A man accused of the brutal 2007 execution of three Bonita Springs men was found guilty by a jury on three counts of kidnapping, three counts of second degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping Friday morning.

Wesnel Isaac was on trial for the killing of Scott Highfill, Reid Graham and Bobby Barckley whose bodies were discovered in an abandoned car in Lehigh Acres.

He was the first person from Southwest Florida to make the U.S. Marshals’ top 15 most wanted list when he fled to Haiti after the killings. He hid there for seven years until he was taken into custody in 2014.

Isaac faces life in prison. He has a sentence hearing Feb. 13, but Isaac’s defense attorney Nirav Jamindar said he will file an appeal.

“He’s looking forward to getting this behind him and looking forward to the next step which is going to be filing our appeal,” Jamindar said.

The jury’s decision came after it failed to reach a verdict Thursday.

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