A Florida man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after a jury found him guilty in the 2022 murder of his roommate, an LGBTQ+ advocate, and brother of former Miami mayor, Jorge Diaz-Johnston. The Leon County jury found Steven R. Yinger guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, grand theft motor vehicle, grand theft, and criminal use of a personal identification number. The judge assigned to the case sentenced him immediately to life in prison. The body of Jorge Diaz-Johnston was discovered in January 2022 in a Jackson County landfill several days after he was last seen. Police believe Diaz-Johnston was strangled and his body was wrapped in bed linens and dumped in the trash at his home. According to the search warrant, Diaz-Johnston’s husband, Don Diaz-Johnston, reported him missing. He told police that Yinger was his husband’s roommate and they hadn’t been getting along. Jorge and Don Dia-Johnson were one of six couples who filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County in 2014 challenging Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage. #Queer Up South Florida & Florida