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Ice cream man faces life

A neighborhood ice cream man who prosecutors say turned into a revenge-seeking vigilante is headed back to court for a retrial on double murder charges. Michael Keetley, 53, stands accused of gunning down two men on Thanksgiving Day 2010.

The Florida man lost $12 and gained a permanent disability during a robbery in January of that year that left him outside his purple ice cream truck with four gunshot wounds. Ten months later, brothers 28-year-old Juan Guitron and 22-year-old Sergio Guitron, were found dead; presumably an act of revenge by the defendant.

Keetley maintained his innocence as he spent more than 10 years in Falkenburg Road County Jail before finally standing trial in 2020. In that trial, the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, with only two jurors believing he was guilty. Now, he will face a jury for a second time on two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. During his initial police interview, the defendant pointed to his injuries as a reason for not being able to carry out the murders.

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