She Lived Here. Nobody Local Has Told Her Story.
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Palm Bay, FL -- Marlys Mae Bakke Sather, 56, left her job at Harris Corporation during her lunch break on September 5, 1990, and never came back. She was found later that afternoon bound, beaten, and burned in her home at 1340 Jarvis Street NW. Her next-door neighbor, Chadwick Scott Willacy, 22, had killed her. He has been on death row for 34 years. Governor Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant on March 13, 2026. The execution is scheduled for April 21.
No local outlet has covered this story with the detail it deserves. Florida statewide media picked it up and moved…
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