Good for him! That was a close call
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A Broward County Judge has dismissed murder charges against John Snavely, accused in 2013 of the 2010 Pompano Beach murder of a prominent, millionaire gay businessman from Maryland, Samuel Del Brocco.
Snavely completed his 18-month sentence for assault in St. Lucie while in custody for the murder charge. Still, he is not home free yet. He remains in the Broward County jail, on a no bond hold from Texas, where he is charged with violating the conditions of probation on another assault case. He is awaiting extradition.
When the killing occurred, those prints and DNA were in no law enforcement database. But in 2013, when he was charged in St. Lucie County, the DNA match led to his arrest in the Del Brocco slaying. Nevertheless, the court ruled the compiled evidence was just not enough.
In throwing out the case, Judge Holmes acknowledged Snavely?s fingerprints were on the exterior of the victim?s car as well as a Diet coke can inside the house. The court also found that while the defendant exhibited anger and rage during his interrogation, there was nothing else to tie him to the crime.
What was not there was more important. There was a lot of exculpatory evidence. Hair found on the murder weapon did not belong to the defendant Snavely. Bloody shoe prints, fingerprints removed from liquor bottles, and marijuana joints did not match Snavely?s either.
Also, DNA located in the passenger side of the car did not only not belong to Snavely, there was ample proof that Del Brocco led a secret life picking up many prostitutes and dancers, bringing them home, possibly even the day of his murder.