DeLand woman convicted of killing ex-boyfriend she said terrorized her

A DeLand woman who had warned her ex-boyfriend that he was going “under the ground” and then made good on threat by shooting him dead was convicted Oct. 3 of the lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm.

Jasmoray Baugh, 31, was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of her ex-boyfriend, Korey Woulard, on Dec. 11, 2022. The pair had a son together named Korey.

But they also had a troubled relationship during which Woulard threatened her, showed up at her apartment demanding to be let in and vandalized her car multiple times.

A six-member jury deliberated for about six hours Friday before finding Baugh guilty of the lesser charge.

Circuit Judge Karen Foxman set a sentencing hearing for Nov. 5 when Baugh will face up to 30 years in prison.

Prosecutors said Baugh was angry that Woulard vandalized her car again and she took matters into her own hands.

“The defendant killed the victim for vandalizing her car,” State Attorney R.J. Larizza stated in a press release. “Her retaliation could cost her 30 years in prison. A sad testament to the human condition.”

Baugh took the stand and testified about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Their son was 8-months-old at the time of the shooting.

Baugh said Woulard would show up at her apartment unannounced, demand to be let in and accuse her of having another man inside. One time when she refused, he broke her bedroom window. In another instance, Woulard called her place of employment, threatened her and slashed her car’s tires.

She said on the night of Dec. 10 into the early morning of Dec. 11, 2022, Woulard returned to her unit at Taylor Place Apartments in DeLand demanding to see her. When she wouldn’t let him in, he broke the side mirror on her Kia.

She said she put her son in the car and decided to drive to her mother’s home, but just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2022, as she drove along the 300 block of West Chipola Avenue, Woulard emerged from a lot on the side of the road. He threw a bicycle at her windshield, causing her to swerve into a pole.

Woulard then came up to the driver’s side window and punched her. She said he then pulled out a gun and pointed it at her. Baugh said she grabbed the gun and they tussled over the weapon when it went off. She said she drove off and didn’t realize Woulard had been hit.

Bullet pierced Woulard’s heart

Dr. James Fulcher, the medical examiner for Volusia County, testified earlier in the trial that Woulard died from a bullet that pierced his heart, his left lung and then lodged just under the skin of his back. The bullet was a hollow-point, with a tip that mushroomed when it entered the body.

Fulcher said the bullet severely damaged Woulard’s heart and he was unlikely to survive the injury even with rapid medical treatment.

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement analyst testified that the bullet was a 9 mm and was likely fired from a Glock semi-automatic pistol.

During her testimony, Baugh said that after Woulard was shot, the gun fell into her car and she threw it into some brush as she drove to her mother’s house.

Prosecutor: Baugh had no right to be judge, jury and executioner

Assistant State Attorney Nick Kramperth, who along with Michael Willard prosecuted he case, said in his closing argument that it was “not in dispute” that Baugh’s car was vandalized several times and that she was mistreated.

“But the law doesn’t give anyone the right to be the judge, jury and executioner,” Kramperth said.

“It’s about how the defendant took things into her own hands, hunted him down and killed him,” Kramperth said.

Kramperth said Baugh sent a text in August 2022 to Woulard’s mother which read: “I went and brought a gun so if your son come back to my house y’all gonna bury him.”

He pointed to a text message she sent that night to Woulard: “I told the police you robbed me and shot at me and I sent them to little and yo gma house (expletive) cause bout my car (expletive) you going under the ground.”

Kramperth said she followed that up by driving out, finding Woulard and shooting him.

Defense: Baugh had right to defend herself

Baugh was defended by the father and son team of David and Charles Collins. Charles Collins said in his closing argument that Woulard’s acts of violence; burglary; stalking; going to Baugh’s workplace and slashing her car’s tires; and coming to her home at all hours of the night were all relevant to the case.

“I appreciate him acknowledging that Mr. Woulard mistreated my client,” Charles Collins said about Kramperth. “But I think he severely downplayed how bad he treated my client and how abusive he was.”

Collins said the text messages Baugh sent were attempts to scare off Woulard. He said there was no evidence that Baugh ever had a gun.

He said that Woulard pulled a gun and Baugh did her best to defend herself.

He asked jurors to consider Woulard’s prior threats and vandalizing against Baugh.

“All of those prior acts of violence — absolutely important in your analysis,” Collins said.

Collins also said that, while Baugh didn’t have a gun that night, if she had had one, she would have been justified in using it based on everything she had been through in the past with Woulard and his attack that night.

Baugh was a “hard-working mother” without a felony record, he said.

The jury was not told that Woulard spent nine years in prison for grand theft of a firearm and several burglary charges. He was released from prison on June 21, 2022.

Collins said the State Attorney’s Office was investigating charges of stalking and burglary by Woulard against Baugh at the time he was shot.

“And the proposition that she’s supposed to wait on the system. I think she was waiting on the system,” Collins said.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: DeLand woman convicted of lesser charge for killing ex-boyfriend