Comments on: Slain Couple May Have Had Money Troubles

Billings Sued Own Son for Child Support for Granddaughter, Documents Show; DEA Probing Murder as Cops Arrest Eighth Suspect

[PColaNative]

Do you have many children with disabilities? How would you know how hard it is to watch over 9 children with disabilities? And it wasn't just the watching over, it keeps them honest. There's no he did this, he did that and then you guess who's telling the truth. They could just go back to the video and say, that's not what you did, this is.

[PColaNative]

You're an idiot.

[PColaNative]

You have no idea. These people didn't take in foster children and then go asking the government for money. They outright adopted them and never asked for a cent. The Billings were well off and chose to share their fortune with less fortunate children who were abandoned by their biological parents. Not to mention they were the ones donating to those charities so people who could not afford to care for their children could get some help. Have you people read nothing but the one story with the smut headline?

[PColaNative]

RE: Slain Couple May Have Had Money Troubles

This is absolutely absurd and a poor representation of journalism. A catchy false statement for one paragraph out of that entire story. This is a pathetic attempt to get one more reader and a complete lie.

Tell me, as the parent of a child who was going to soon pass from an illness, would you not take out an insurance policy to cover the funeral expenses. Trust me, $50,000 doesn't even touch the medical expenses they paid to keep that little girl alive.

And anyone who knew Bud Billings would know the child support had nothing to do with money and everything to do with teaching your children that there are responsibilities in life that you are expected to take care of.

Shame on Terrell Brown for using such smut as a way to get the attention of people who care about nothing but drama. You should go report for a tabloid.

[kevinusma]

This father was shady. Why did he have a video surveillance system "to keep an eye on his kids"? More likely it was to keep (expected) intruders out of his property.

[PColaNative]

Do you have many children with disabilities? How would you know how hard it is to watch over 9 children with disabilities? And it wasn't just the watching over, it keeps them honest. There's no he did this, he did that and then you guess who's telling the truth. They could just go back to the video and say, that's not what you did, this is.

[tbbaot]

Don't let the big house fool you. Their used car lot rarely had more than 10-15 cars on it. The "finance company" was nothing more than a buy here pay here loan company for the used car lot. This type of financing is high risk and involves repoing 1/2 the cars you finance.

[stychokiller]

In related news, all of the victim's vehicles had dirty air filters. (Yeesh, is this what passes for investigative journalism these days??)

[jghutto]

I feel quite sure that the state of Florida provides a monetary amount and health benefits for people taking these children. I have even heard they provide college education for children that are adopted that are in the state's care. However, I certainly do not believe that would have anything to do with the crime. The intent of the criminals must have been solely to steal the safe. Maybe someone that had worked on the premises had seen the safe there. These seem to be intelligent people. Why would they or anyone want to keep a safe in there home anyway and jeopardize their safety?

[fars1d3r]

Leave these people go with their dignity. Try the defendants not the victims, please. These seem like decent people, let us all let them have that.

[hercule1122]

I saw the police chief on TV tonight regaling us with how big this crime will be and it will blow us away( my words interpreting his )! Your 15 minutes of fame are over, Mr. Morgan. Please get busy readying your case against these low-lifes... I wish them their just rewards, and hope they don't have to wait for 8-10 years to meet their fates. Let's speed up the system to get finality.