Miramar Man Sentenced to Life in Prison in Girlfriend's 2007 Murder

A Broward judge sentenced Vernon Howard of Miramar to life in prison Wednesday after accepting his second-degree murder plea in the 2007 strangling death of his girlfriend, Linda Renee Innocent. The victim’s mother, Cornelia Adderly, read a statement on her behalf. Howard addressed the court, his family, Innocent’s family and her four children, two of which are his.