The prosecution

Shandreka Lakiesia Caster Wilkerson is buried in Wewahitchka, a rural town about 34 miles east of Panama City.

She was the mom of Tenkia, who is now 21, Ty’Asia, 14, and Marquise, 11.

“A caring mother,” said the children’s uncle, Ernest Caster, who viewed the Facebook threats and will be a prosecution witness for Crawford’s trial. “Always put her kids first. She was a happy person. Fun to be around.”

Prosecutors Aleathea McRoberts and Reid Scott plan on showing the jury printouts of the woman’s Facebook page, to argue Crawford intended to kill Wilkerson and then followed through on it.

Crawford’s lawyers have tried unsuccessfully to get his confession excluded from the trial. They argued he wanted an attorney, but the cops kept hounding him into talking.

Now the defense focus is on preventing a death sentence for a man who served in the Navy for four years after high school, got a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina, and became a father of two daughters and a grandfather.

“Mr. Crawford honorably served our country in the military, and has done many positive things for his family and community,” defense attorney Robert Gershman said. “Mr. Crawford should not be executed by the government.”

Two years after Wilkerson’s death, her mother, Yulander McNealy, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Crawford and the company that owned Wilkerson’s apartment.

In the claim, the estate said Wilkerson died as a direct result of the company representative negligently giving Crawford her address. The apartment firm, Veterans Housing of West Palm Beach LLC, said it wasn’t liable.

A Palm Beach County judge stopped the litigation last year because of a lack of activity; the estate’s attorney had been disbarred for other reasons and the claim was essentially dropped.

Circuit Judge John Kastrenakes scheduled Crawford’s criminal trial to run for two weeks.