2 Boys, Ages 12 and 17, Arrested for Murders of 3 Florida Teens
Murder
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said investigators are still looking for a third suspect.
Murder
April 5, 2023
3rd Teen Dies from Gunshot Wound in Central Florida County
A teenager found critically wounded beside a road last week has succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, leaving investigators now searching for a triple murderer. Layla Silvernail, 16, was found in southeastern Marion County on Thursday night, suffering from a gunshot wound, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The following morning, deputies responded to a call about …
Murder
April 4, 2023
3 Teens Shot, 2 Fatally, in Rural Central Florida County
Police in central Florida are investigating after three teens were shot last week and found in different locations in sprawling, rural Marion County. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said the first call came in Thursday night, and deputies found 16-year-old Layla Silvernail critically wounded on the side of the road. On Friday morning, a 17-year-old …
Murder
March 17, 2023
Alabama Man Accused of Fatally Shooting His Dad, Dad’s Dog
An Alabama man has been charged with shooting to death is father and his dog this week. Investigators found 55-year-old Tracy Poling dead at his home in Hamilton on Wednesday, AL.com reported. Marion County Sheriff Kevin Williams said Hamilton police officers and firefighters and Marion County EMS were on scene when deputies arrived. As deputies …
Attempted Murder
September 18, 2022
Florida Woman Stabs Roommates, Goes Shopping Thinking They’re Both Dead
A Florida woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly stabbed her two roommates and went shopping. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies were called just after 8 a.m. Friday by a man who said he’d been stabbed. When deputies arrived, they found two stabbing victims, one of whom told them that Christina Adams, 30, had stabbed …
Murder
August 26, 2022
Florida Jail Deputy Killed by Ex-Girlfriend, a Former Jail Guard: Cops
Florida deputies over the weekend investigated the apparent suicide of a detention deputy and determined that the deputy was actually shot to death by his ex-girlfriend, a former employee of the same jail. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the arrest of Jacqueline Jasmin Johnson-Cabrera, 22, for the death of Cory Schweitzer, 31. …
Manslaughter
April 8, 2022
UPDATE: Florida Boy Dies As Teens Take Turns Shooting at Each Other Wearing Body Armor
Two Florida teens initially blamed the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old friend on “unknown people” who opened fire on the home, but another teen gave police video he recorded of what really happened. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 16-year-old Christopher Leroy Broad Jr died on April 3 after Joshua Vining, 17, shot him while the two …
Murder
February 26, 2022
2 Young Teen Boys Charged in Connection With Death of 77-Year-Old Woman
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a 77-year-old woman in Indianapolis earlier this month. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department conducted a welfare check at the home of Cecelia O’Bryan on February 11 and found her dead, with “injuries consistent with trauma,” WISH reported. A second 13-year-old boy was also arrested and …
Kidnapping
March 3, 2021
Florida victim kidnapped, raped, left by side of the road
Deputies in north Florida are investigating a reported kidnapping and rape that took place on Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says. The sheriff’s office said the victim reported being forced into a vehicle by an unknown suspect between 8 am and 9 am Tuesday on Baseline Road in Ocala. She said she was rendered …
Murder
November 18, 2020
QAnon mom kills fringe legal theorist she thought was working against her: Cops
A mother heavily involved in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting an amateur legal theorist after she became convinced he was working against her to regain custody of her children. Neely Petrie-Blanchard, 33, lost custody of her children long ago to the children’s grandmother and had enlisted the …
Unsolved
October 21, 2020
Florida deputies investigating 2 sets of remains found on same abandoned property 10 months apart
Florida sheriff’s deputies have opened an investigation into a suspicious death after they found human remains buried on a property in the Florida Highlands neighborhood of Dunnellon. It’s the second set of remains found on the abandoned property this year. Marion County deputies found the remains of an as yet unidentified man on February 2 …
Juveniles
October 16, 2020
Troubled teen boy rapes 3-week-old girl in foster care
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
