Hit Suspected in Murder of Florida Couple
The Florida state attorney’s office believes there were two motives in the home invasion murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings — robbery and a contracted hit.
From CNN:
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office had said it believed robbery was the prime motive, but that it would explore all avenues.
The source said the state attorney’s office is working under the belief that most of the suspects in the case thought they were there for a robbery, but that Leonard Gonzalez Jr., the alleged organizer of the crime, and other yet-unnamed suspects were plotting a hit on the couple.
The source said that from “Gonzalez down” it was a robbery and that from “Gonzalez up” it was a hit. The source was not sure of the motive behind the hit.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has said it believed robbery was the prime motive, but that it would explore all avenues, a position Sheriff David Morgan reiterated Friday night.
“We are, in fact, looking at this,” Morgan said. “We want to ensure the citizens of Escambia County that we are not in any way, shape or form of the imagination taking that possibility or probability off the table in the conduct of the Billings murder.”
Tags: Billings Hit, Billings Murder, Byrd Billings, Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Escambia, Florida Couple Hit, Florida Couple Murder, Florida Murder, Melanie Billings
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August 5, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Byrd Billings, aka “Bud”, borrowed his money from Rick Hamilton who is a Pete Moore Chevrolet employee. He is actually Pete’s GM. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Dept has a considerable file on Gonzoles, who is the suspected Billings’ killer. Cab Tice is the connection between Mexico and the DEA. Every One of these people mentioned is in the car business. Drugs, murder and money laundering will be just a few of the future headlines in this case! Gulf Breeze, Florida residents have enough money not to have their name mentioned in the Pensacola News Journal…need I say more????????