Sentencing is scheduled for January 28, 2025, for Ryan Lee Foster, after being found guilty of Manslaughter for a murder in Buckingham.
Assistant State Attorney Sara Miller, of the State Attorney’s Office Homicide Unit, prosecuted the threeday trial in Lee County.
In March 2022, Foster stabbed his neighbor, who was also a family member, multiple times, killing him.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigated the scene and quickly identified Foster as a suspect. He was located in North Fort Myers and still had the victim’s blood on his clothing.
Samantha Syoen – State Attorney’s Office Communications Director