Olufemi Oladapo Ademoye (also referred to as Femi; 56 years old at the time of the events and trial) was a pharmacist in Tampa, Florida. He owned Crown Pharmacy on Waters Avenue and was active in the Nigerian professional community, serving as vice president of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Scientists in America (NAPPSA).

Juliet Toyin (or Oluwatoyin) Ademoye (approximately 53) ran the family’s African Eateries restaurant and catering business on the same street; Olufemi often joined her there after closing the pharmacy. Before moving to the United States, she had worked as a secondary-school teacher at a Federal Government College in Nigeria.

The couple had been married for about 18 years They had a teenage son (referred to as Seun or Sean), who was roughly 16–17 years old in 2010 and was out of town at the time of the incident. They were described as prominent members of the Nigerian-American community in the Tampa area. Neighbors later noted that Olufemi had a reputation for a temper, including confrontations with the neighborhood association.

The night of June 16, 2010:

According to prosecutors, on the night of June 16, 2010, Olufemi discovered emails showing that Juliet was planning to leave him. She had been confiding in another man living in Nigeria about her unhappy marriage. In one email she sent a photograph of their teenage son with the message: “This is a photo of your son Seun.”

Enraged, Olufemi called a relative, who advised him to spend the night in a hotel and cool off. He said he would do so, but first wanted to stop briefly at home to collect his passport and some money. Instead, he stayed. The couple argued for hours.

The morning of June 17, 2010
Around 9:50 a.m., Olufemi ran from the house to neighbors wearing only his underwear. He told them Juliet had suffered a heart attack and asked them to call 911. When paramedics and Hillsborough County deputies arrived, they found him attempting to resuscitate her as she lay on their bed. She was cool to the touch and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The master bedroom and bathroom were covered in blood. Deputies recovered an aluminum baseball bat (described as their son’s T-ball bat) that had traces of Juliet’s blood; it was found under a box of toys. Olufemi told responders that she had fallen in the bathroom.

Prosecutors alleged the injuries were inconsistent with a simple fall. They said the wounds indicated she had been beaten with the bat and stabbed repeatedly. The defense, led by prominent Tampa attorney Barry Cohen, argued that Juliet’s death was an accident resulting from a fall. Cohen contended that if she had been bludgeoned with a bat she would have sustained brain injuries, which (according to the defense) she did not.

Arrest, trial, and conviction:

Olufemi was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The case went to trial in Hillsborough County in January 2015. Assistant State Attorney Kristen Over presented the state’s theory of a rage killing triggered by the emails and the long argument that followed. The defense maintained the death was accidental.

On or about January 30, 2015, a Hillsborough County jury found 56-year-old Olufemi Ademoye guilty of second-degree mvrder. He faced a potential sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

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