The Seminole Heights, Tampa, Florida murders are a series of killings being perpetrated by suspected serial killer Howell Donaldson III. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [undefined]}

On October 9, 2017, the first victim, Benjamin Edward Mitchell, was shot while waiting for a HARTline bus on North 15th street and Frierson Avenue. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined]}

The suspect shot Mitchell, who was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

He was alone at the time of the murder.

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Witnesses stated that they saw a man, in his early 20s and wearing a dark coat with a hood, fleeing the scene of the shooting on foot.

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The second victim, Monica Caridad Hoffa, was killed on October 11, 2017, with her body being discovered two days later.

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Hoffa was shot and killed at the 1000 block of E New Orleans Avenue, about a half mile away from where Mitchell was shot.

Authorities stated that the shooting may have occurred late Wednesday or on Thursday.

Her body was discovered on October 13, 2017, by a City of Tampa employee.

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She had suffered upper body trauma. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined]} Two Seminole Heights residents told authorities that they heard several gunshots on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 around 9:00 p.m. local time. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined]}

An autistic man, Anthony Taino Naiboa was killed on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at about 8:00 p.m local time. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined]}

After he left work that night, he got on the wrong bus.

Naiboa was later found dead on a sidewalk.

He was killed on N. 15th Street between E Conover Street and E Wilder Avenue, not far from where Mitchell and Hoffa were previously murdered.

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His body was found a few hundred feet from where Benjamin Mitchell was shot.

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On November 28, 2017, Howell Donaldson III was taken into custody.

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