It took 11 hours of deliberating for a jury to unanimously find the state did not prove what happened inside an Auburndale home in September was murder.

A 17-year-old from Florida was acquitted on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges in the stabbing death of his mother more than a year after he was found to have killed his father in self-defense.

Collin Griffith, 17, was acquitted of first-degree murder and kidnapping charges. Sign up for our Newsletters In early September, Collin Griffith was staying at his grandmother’s house while she was away and his mother,

Collin Griffith will not spend time in prison after deputies accused him of murdering his mother a year after he shot his father to death, claiming self-defense.