Ann's Blog On Florida Murders

Ann's Blog #6:

"Adults, Children found dead in gruesome highway shootings" (cnn.com, October 13, 2006)

This article is about a mysterious shooting that occurred on a busy interstate in Florida. There was one woman and one man and two children found dead with bullet wounds. The woman was found with her body covering the two childrens in what seemed like an effort to protect them. The Florida police don't have any major suspects because evidence is scarce at this point. They have professionals working to dig up something that could begin to point them in the right direction. The incident occurred sometime in the middle of the night on Friday the thirteenth of October. There were people who live in the area who awoke around 2:30 am to the sound of six gunshots. A man on a motorcycle found the bodies along the edge of the road around 7:30 am and called the police.

Friday the thirteenth sure does rise some suspicions for me. Not that I normally believe in superstitions, but it is ironic. What a baffling event. It would be hard to be the detectives involved in the investigation because (as far as they are letting the public know) there isn't any major evidence that could help to find any suspects. As of this point it is a weird case because there is no knowledge of what went on to lead to these four peoples deaths. All that they know for sure is that these people were killed by bullets. Detectives found bullet wounds and bullet particles in the area around the scene. I am sure that everyone involved is simply holding their breath in hopes of finding some sort of clue. It must be awfully disturbing for the couple who awoke to the gunshots during the night and then later come to find out that four people were killed near their home. Then for the poor man starting his day off with a motorcycle ride who happened to glance at the ditch to find four dead bodies. I can't imagine what that would be like. I would be so shook up after witnessing that. The weirdest part, to me, is that two young children were involved. The article stated that the children seemed to be between the ages of four and six years old. It's quite the grotesque scene to find a woman sprawled across two dead children. The whole article just leaves me, and seems to leave the personnel involved, puzzled.
My prayers will go out to the families and friends of these poor people.