Florida woman sentenced to 21 years for murder of Jamaican husband in Coral Springs

A Florida woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of her Jamaican husband following a heated domestic dispute at their Coral Springs home last year.

Denise Nicole Malcolm, 46, pleaded guilty last week week to one count of second-degree murder with a firearm, according to court records. She was sentenced to 21 years behind bars, with 285 days credited for time already served in pretrial detention.

Her husband, 52-year-old Rohan Noel Malcolm — a former employee of the Jamaica Observer — was fatally shot multiple times at their home on Northwest 43rd Street on August 31, 2024. The incident occurred after he returned from grocery shopping for a planned Labor Day barbecue.

According to an arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department, Malcolm told investigators she no longer trusted her husband and had grown frustrated over what she described as years of lies and infidelity. The final argument erupted after Rohan told her he was going to Port Saint Lucie with friends, which she interpreted as a cover for seeing another woman.

The couple, who reportedly slept in separate bedrooms, had a history of volatile confrontations. On the day of the shooting, a nearly hourlong argument ended in gunfire.