The Murder of Brooke Preston and the Sleepwalking Defense

On March 25, 2017, police in West Palm Beach received a 911 call. The man on the other end confessed to murdering someone and asked for police to come. The caller was Randy Herman Jr., and the victim was Brooke Preston. Not only were Randy and Brooke roommates and close friends for almost a decade, but Randy would have an interesting defense of his crime. He claimed he was sleepwalking.