Fla. teens Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart were killed execution style, according to newly released evidence

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart

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(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - A witness says a murder suspect in the slayings of Florida teens Nicholas Presha and Jeremy Stewart told him they were shot execution style, according to evidence released Tuesday.

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Jesse Brandon Davis, 30, and Hector Manuel Rodriguez, 31, have been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the deaths of the 16-year-old Presha and 18-year-old Stewart in April.

The newly released report reveals Davis' girlfriend, Angela Patterson, told authorities she walked into the house she shared with Davis and saw Rodriguez and Davis holding a white male and black male at gunpoint, reports CBS affiliate WKMG. She said the teens were naked with their hands behind their backs, according to the police reports.

A confidential informant also reportedly saw the boys being held at gunpoint, the evidence states. He told investigators he asked Rodriguez what happened to the boys and Rodriguez allegedly said, they "shot them execution-style."

Sheriff Jerry Demings said high school students Presha and Stewart met the two men intending to sell them two stolen handguns. But he says the teens were robbed and shot with at least one of the stolen guns.

The teens' bodies were later discovered by a passerby on a charred patch of grass along a popular town trail near Full Sail University.

Officials told WKMG that Nicholas is the son of Bernie Presha, an investigator for the state attorney's office and longtime former Orange County sheriff's deputy. The teens, who were best friends, attended Winter Park High School in the Orlando area.

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by thewatcherone June 27, 2012 7:09 PM EDT: Execution is 1st degree murder, burning the bodies is an additional crime, firearms transaction is a huge addition, and one of the father's of the victims being not only a longtime sheriffs deputy but now a state attorney, this will and should equal two death sentences for two pathetic men who could of just stole the guns and let them go. Absolutely no need to kill them as they couldn't go to the police anyway because they would of gotten in trouble. These two murders must be some real lowlifes. The victims could of posted an ad on armslist and sold then to some private citizen at a safe public place.; Reply to this comment


by vsmit June 27, 2012 11:19 AM EDT: And did they think the guns were going to be bought by someone who would use them to target shoot? H ell no, they knew the guns were going to someone who in all likelihood would murder. They just didn't count on it being them.; Reply to this comment