A 23-year-old Florida man who lured his pregnant, 18-year-old ex-girlfriend to a remote park and shot her to death because she refused to “get rid of the baby” has been sentenced to death.
A judge issued the sentence on Friday, following an 11–1 jury vote in October recommending capital punishment. The jury had already convicted D. Faison of first-degree murder and the unlawful killing of an unborn child.
Prosecutors said the November 2022 killing was “cold, calculated, [and] premeditated.” They told jurors that Faison tricked K. Fiengo into meeting him at a secluded park under the guise of resolving their disputes. Instead, he carried out an “execution-style” killing after she rejected his repeated demands to terminate her pregnancy. Assistant State Attorney S. Stone urged the jury to consider the deliberate nature of the murder, reminding them the case involved both a young mother and her unborn child.
Earlier that day, Fiengo told a friend she planned to meet Faison at the park—unaware it would be her final act of hope for reconciliation. Their disagreements had been escalating for weeks. Fiengo insisted she would carry the pregnancy to term, while Faison became increasingly hostile. Adding to the conflict, Faison had been living a double life—maintaining another relationship and raising a child with a different woman. That betrayal ultimately ended his relationship with Fiengo, though she still believed they might find some peace.
Police discovered Fiengo’s body on November 11, 2022, during a routine patrol. Officers found her slumped in the driver’s seat of her car with a gunshot wound to the head. She had recently completed her first trimester and was already a mother to a one-year-old son.
During sentencing, Fiengo’s mother, S. Schweickert, delivered a devastating statement. “No words can capture the depth of pain that comes with losing your daughter to murder,” she said. “Every day I wake up and face a world that no longer has her smile, her laughter, her hugs.”
Police Chief C. Smith later described the investigation as exhaustive, noting that detectives painstakingly processed every piece of evidence. Authorities arrested Faison in August 2023 without incident, nearly 10 months after the killing, and he has remained in custody since.
The sentencing closes a long, painful legal journey for Fiengo’s family. But as her mother told the court, “Nothing can bring her back.” The case now stands as a chilling example of how rejection, control, and violence can explode into irreversible tragedy—claiming not just one, but two innocent lives.