Jury Convicts Tampa Resident for Sending Instagram Death Threat

Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Elizabeth Danielle Rowe (25, Tampa), a/k/a Simon Roe, guilty of transmitting interstate a threat to injure. Rowe faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 24, 2026. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

According to evidence presented at trial, on January 24, 2025, Rowe sent the following message on Instagram to New York victim A.A.: "I am coming to kill you. I will kill your pets first while you watch. Die c*nt." The victim, who did not recognize the Rowe's account, immediately notified her family of the threatening message and sought protective services from security personnel. Around the same time as sending the threatening message to A.A., Rowe sent several threatening messages to other Instagram users. Rowe later admitted in a separate set of messages that Rowe got "banned for dming [Zionists] telling them to kill themselves."

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Joint Terrorism Task Force. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Risha Asokan.