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Mass Murder in Deltona, FL

#1 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:08 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... sh/2319839

Volusia County sheriff's deputies are at a home in Deltona Friday where several bodies were found at about 6:30 a.m.

The house is at 3106 Telford Lane, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.

There is no word yet on how the victims died.

Stay with WESH NewsChannel 2 and WESH.com for further updates.
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#2 Postby chadtm80 » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:12 pm

Yes.. That is just like 2 miles from Jenn and I in Deltona :-(
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#3 Postby bfez1 » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:14 pm

Very sad and disturbing news. :(
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#4 Postby Guest » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:14 pm

This happened in the town that Chad and I live in! It's hard to believe something like this could happen here. From what I've been hearing on the news, this was a house that was known to have loud parties and the such. They said 2 women, 4 men, and 1 dog were found dead, suffering from apparant trauma. I still can't believe this happened here. You expect to hear about this is L.A., Chicago, or NYC. Not Deltona, FL. Those poor people...
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#5 Postby Rainband » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:15 pm

OMG..That is really sad. :(
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#6 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:15 pm

I also just read 1) that the killer also killed a dog, 2) that they don't suspect murder-suicide or accident, and 3) that a nearby Burger King had a sign that said they were closed temporarily and a spokesperson said grief counselors would be coming to the BK because a few of the people killed were employed there.
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#7 Postby Skywatch_NC » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:18 pm

Prayers and thoughts for the victims' relatives. :( :cry:

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#8 Postby Brent » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:23 pm

Very sad indeed. I thought it was pretty close to Chad. :(
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#9 Postby Skywatch_NC » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:36 pm

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#10 Postby Guest » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:15 pm

Apparently there is a 2nd house involved now. Another Burger King employee who didn't show up to work.
...Jennifer...
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#11 Postby GalvestonDuck » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:23 pm

Well, you guys stay safe til they figure out what's going on!
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#12 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:07 pm

What a story! Of course it's national news. I heard Uma Pemmaraju (who I used to see often when she was on WBZ-TV 4 in Boston) reported it on Fox
News Channel several minutes ago. I saw a portion of the news conference on FOX35 (WOFL-TV, Orlando[Lake Mary, FL]) around 4:00 pm ET.
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#13 Postby Rainband » Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:07 am

Any new updates???
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#14 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:21 am

Rainband wrote:Any new updates???


CNN Headline News is reporting right now that 4 people have been arrested in connection with the murders. They used baseball bats to kill them. :( :( :(
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#15 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:31 am

NEWS ALERT Florida sheriff: At least 3 suspects confess to killing 6 with baseball bats in dispute over Xbox video game console. Details soon

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Over Xbox Game?? :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:
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#16 Postby chadtm80 » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:33 am

Baseball Bats Used In Deltona Slayings
Police Make 4 Arrests In Brutal Murders

POSTED: 7:10 pm EDT August 7, 2004
UPDATED: 9:29 am EDT August 8, 2004

DELTONA, Fla. -- Four killers used aluminium baseball bats to brutally murder six people inside a Deltona home early Friday morning, Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson announced at a Sunday news conference.

Police investigate the deaths of six people in a Deltona home Friday. More Images

Four suspects in the murders were arrested and charged with the slayings overnight, and Johnson said he believed there would be no further arrests, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.

Two of those arrested had been identified by the sheriff's office as "persons of interest" in the investigation and questioned about the killings Saturday. Although they were not considered suspects in the killings at the time, the men knew at least some of the six victims.

The other two suspects were forcibly arrested overnight. Three of the arrested individuals confessed to the killings.

At the news conference, Johnson said the suspects forcibly entered the home and the victims never had a chance to defend themselves against the armed intruders. The motive for the murders was apparently a dispute over some clothing and an Xbox.

Johnson said his investigators have been shaken by the killings.

"It can happen anywhere," he told reporters Saturday. "Today, I'm sorry to say, it's happened in our community. We have individuals in our community who will never get over this."

The victims -- four men and two women, along with a pet dog -- were found early Friday morning brutally slain inside a home at 3106 Telford Lane.

The Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office finished removing the bodies from the residence Friday night and performed autopsies but the results were not immediately released.

Investigators have now positively identified five of the victims, including 19-year-old Michelle Nathan and 18-year-old Jonathan Gleason, both of Deltona. The other three are Roberto Gonzalez, 28, of Beacon, N.Y.; Francisco Roman, 30, of Lowell, Mass.; and Anthony Vega, 34, of Deltona.

Johnson said his department has provided chaplains and victims' advocates to help tend to the emotional needs of the victims' families.

"We'll do anything we can to help them," said Johnson. "They're victims. We understand that, and we feel for them."

http://www.wesh.com/news/3628541/detail.html
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#17 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:45 am

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:
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#18 Postby Lindaloo » Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:14 pm

I can't believe this happened over an X-Box.
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#19 Postby Stormchaser16 » Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:25 pm

Its in cases like these that i support and fight FOR the death penalty
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#20 Postby myred » Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:28 pm

scumbags!!

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