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October 13, 2009 10:27 AM

Death: Florida to Seek Capital Punishment in Murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings

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(Pensacola News Journal )

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Death.

Prosecutors said this week that they will seek capital punishment for four of eight people charged in the killings of Byrd and Melanie Billings, a Panhandle couple known for adopting children with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs.

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August 24, 2009 11:11 AM

Prosecutors: Mastermind Got Dad to Drive Getaway Car by Telling Him Billings' Kids Were Abused

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Posted by Carlin DeGuerin Miller

(Pensacola News Journal )

NEW YORK - Six of the seven suspects charged in the shooting deaths of a Florida Panhandle couple known for taking care of special needs children were part of a hastily thrown together group recruited by the group’s 'mastermind' Leonard Patrick Gonzales Jr., 35, according to documents recently released by prosecutors.

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Tags:: Byrd Billings ,; Melanie Billings ,; Leonard Patrick Gonzalez ,; Panhandle ,; Florida

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July 10, 2009 5:30 PM

Parents of Sixteen Slain

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Posted by Miranda Neubauer

(Pensacola News Journal )

BEULAH, Fla. - A couple with hearts big enough to raise 16 children, 12 of them adopted, were murdered in their bedroom Thursday night while eight of their children slept.

Authorities in Florida are seeking three men and a large, red, 1970s or early 1980s model van caught on the murdered couple's home video surveillance system.

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Tags:: Home Invasion ,; Byrd Billings ,; Melanie Billings ,; Beulah ,; Florida

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