The murder of Alan Pfeiffer was the result of a murder-for-hire conspiracy involving Connie Pfeiffer (Alan Pfeiffer’s wife), Paul Evans, Sarah Thomas (Evans’ girlfriend), and Donna Waddell (Evans’ roommate).
A few weeks prior to the murder, Connie Pfeiffer approached several individuals regarding the killing of her husband, but each individual refused. Connie Pfeiffer’s co-worker, Donna Waddell, suggested that her roommate, Paul Evans, might be willing to commit the murder.
On the morning of March 23, 1991, Evans, Pfeiffer, and Waddell arranged the Pfeiffer’s trailer to look as if a robbery had taken place, stacking electronic equipment near the back door of the trailer.
After the trailer was arranged, Waddell and Evans went to Waddell’s house to steal her father’s gun. Evans, Thomas, and Waddell went to the fair that evening, but later left to go to the trailer. Thomas and Waddell dropped Evans off at the trailer, where he was to wait for Alan Pfeiffer to arrive and then shoot him. Evans arranged for Thomas and Waddell to pick him up at the trailer one to two hours after they dropped him off.
On March 23, 1991, Alan Pfeiffer left work at 7:30 p.m. for the thirty-minute drive to the trailer. Neighbors testified that gunshots were heard coming from the Pfeiffer’s trailer between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. After picking up Evans at the trailer, Evans, Thomas, and Waddell went back to the fair, where they met up with Connie Pfeiffer. Early the next morning, police found Alan Pfeiffer’s body on the living room floor with three gunshot wounds – two in the head and one in the spine.
After an investigation in which no arrests were made, the case grew cold and was eventually closed. In 1997, six years after the murder, the case was reopened and the investigation focused on Evans, Connie Pfeiffer, Waddell, and Thomas. Thomas first agreed to cooperate with police and wore a wire to get incriminating statements from Waddell. Waddell was arrested, and when presented with the tape-recorded statements, she also agreed to cooperate with the police. As a result of the statements of Thomas and Waddell, Evans and Connie Pfeiffer were implicated in the murder and arrested.
Source: Florida Commission on Capital Cases
A few weeks prior to the murder, Connie Pfeiffer approached several individuals regarding the killing of her husband, but each individual refused. Connie Pfeiffer’s co-worker, Donna Waddell, suggested that her roommate, Paul Evans, might be willing to commit the murder.
On the morning of March 23, 1991, Evans, Pfeiffer, and Waddell arranged the Pfeiffer’s trailer to look as if a robbery had taken place, stacking electronic equipment near the back door of the trailer.
After the trailer was arranged, Waddell and Evans went to Waddell’s house to steal her father’s gun. Evans, Thomas, and Waddell went to the fair that evening, but later left to go to the trailer. Thomas and Waddell dropped Evans off at the trailer, where he was to wait for Alan Pfeiffer to arrive and then shoot him. Evans arranged for Thomas and Waddell to pick him up at the trailer one to two hours after they dropped him off.
On March 23, 1991, Alan Pfeiffer left work at 7:30 p.m. for the thirty-minute drive to the trailer. Neighbors testified that gunshots were heard coming from the Pfeiffer’s trailer between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. After picking up Evans at the trailer, Evans, Thomas, and Waddell went back to the fair, where they met up with Connie Pfeiffer. Early the next morning, police found Alan Pfeiffer’s body on the living room floor with three gunshot wounds – two in the head and one in the spine.
After an investigation in which no arrests were made, the case grew cold and was eventually closed. In 1997, six years after the murder, the case was reopened and the investigation focused on Evans, Connie Pfeiffer, Waddell, and Thomas. Thomas first agreed to cooperate with police and wore a wire to get incriminating statements from Waddell. Waddell was arrested, and when presented with the tape-recorded statements, she also agreed to cooperate with the police. As a result of the statements of Thomas and Waddell, Evans and Connie Pfeiffer were implicated in the murder and arrested.
Source: Florida Commission on Capital Cases
