Donald Geno, a 31-year-old mechanic from Daytona Beach, FL, was killed on February 4, 2021, at the maintenance facility where he worked. Court testimony and trial evidence described the killing as premeditated: a co-worker, 44-year-old Damian DeRousha, confronted Geno after having sat in his pickup at a gas station for about 40 minutes and then drove to the workplace with the intent to confront him.

Witnesses and testimony at trial said Geno did not appear argumentative during the encounter. Prosecutors described multiple shots to Geno’s body — 14 wounds in all, including two gunshot wounds to the back and one to the face — and argued the repeated nature of the shots showed premeditation. The motive presented at trial was an affair between Geno and Damian DeRousha’s wife, Shauna DeRousha, which Damian discovered after planting a recording device in his wife’s car.

Damian DeRousha was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Does anyone have memories of Donald from the Daytona Beach community or information that could add context to his life and work?