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Teen Accused In Christmas Eve Stabbing, Beating Death Of Mom To Be Tried As...
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — A Panhandle teen accused in the Christmas Eve stabbing and bludgeoning death of his mother will face charges in adult court. State Attorney Bill Eddins tells The Associated...
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Teachers, Students Remember Woman Stabbed To Death On Christmas Eve
NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) — Students, parents and teachers gathered to remember a Florida Panhandle who was brutally stabbed on Christmas Eve. The gathering happened Sunday night at Holley-Navarre Middle...
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Teen Accused Of Killing Father To Defend Mother On New Year’s Day
AVALON PARK, Fla. (CBS Tampa) - Local authorities are investigating the murder of area resident Christopher Albano, who was said to have been shot to death by his own son. Deputies in Orange County...
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Scott Signs Death Warrant For Jimmy Ryce’s Killer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant Thursday for the man who kidnapped, raped and murdered 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce on his way home from school almost 20 years ago. Juan Carlos...
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Man Charged With Killing 2 Women, Burning Townhome
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa Bay area man has been charged with killing two women and setting a Brandon townhome on fire to cover up the murders. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports that...
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Man Charged In Ex-Reporter’s Killing On Trial
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of killing a former newspaper reporter and stealing his valuable collection of gaming cards kept the body in a container surrounded by air freshener and potpourri...
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Fla. Loud Music Killing Jurors Can’t See Mannequin
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The defense attorney for a Florida man accused of fatally shooting of a teen after an argument over loud music said Thursday that his client is in good spirits as he waits for...
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Arrest Made In Indiana Man’s Death
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a man from Indiana. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials arrested Jayvon Daymoir Avery on first-degree murder charges....
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Tape: Suspect In Fla. Music Death Wanted Guns Sold
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida man convicted of attempted murder in a shooting over loud music ordered while in jail that his guns and ammunition be sold to pay for his defense. Michael Dunn...
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Michael Dunn Compares Himself To A Rape Victim
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida software designer accused of killing a black teenager during an argument over loud music compared himself to a rape victim, telling his fiancee in a recorded...
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Records: Shooter In Theater Slaying Was Also Texting
DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — A former police officer accused of killing a man in a movie theater during a dispute over texting had used his own phone to send a message to his son minutes before the shooting,...
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Mother Charged With Fatally Stabbing 4-Year-Old Son
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa Bay mother has been charged with first-degree murder after authorities say she fatally stabbed her 4-year-old son. St. Petersburg police say Tasha Trotter has not...
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Florida Grad Sentenced To Life In Prison In New York For Torture And Murder...
NEW YORK (AP) — A University of Florida law school graduate was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday in the torture and death of his girlfriend, who can be heard begging for her life...
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Double-Murderer Executed
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida executed a man on Wednesday who was convicted of murdering two relatives to prevent one of them from testifying against him in a burglary trial. Robert Hendrix was...
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Fla. Woman Charged With Killing Girl In Bathtub
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman was charged with attempted murder and murder Tuesday after authorities said she drugged a 10-year-old boy and drowned his 2-year-old sister in a bathtub....
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Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Child
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A West Palm Beach daycare worker has been released from jail after police say she abused a child under her care. Police say 38-year-old Zully Ruiz-Yapan of Greenacres was...
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Florida Murderer Becomes Third Executed In U.S. In 24 Hours
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985. It is the third U.S. execution in less than 24 hours since a botched April lethal injection in...
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Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty In Child’s Death
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors will pursue the death penalty for a woman accused of killing her ex-partner’s two-year-old daughter after leaving a bizarre note citing a Bible story. A court...
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Florida Executes Man For 1994 Rape, Murder Of Girl
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has executed a man for the 1994 rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl. Eddie Wayne Davis was executed by lethal injection Thursday at 6:43 p.m. It was the state’s seventh...
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Man Accused Of Killing Girlfriend’s 1-Year-Old Son After Child Urinated...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a 24-year-old man who is accused of killing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son at a Tampa motel. Austin Hamilton is charged with first-degree murder of...
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