Independent News‘Escambia County’ Archives
Fourth arrest in the Billings murders
Sheriff David Morgan announced tonight at an 8:30 pm press conference the arrest of Gary Lamont Sumner, Jr. Sumner is one of the two black males in the Gulf Breeze WalMart photo with Patrick Gonzalez. Sumner had been arrested by Okaloosa County law enforcement during a traffic stop for [...]
WEAR: Coldiron did landscape work for the Billings
WEAR TV 3 interviewed the step daughter of Wayne Coldiron. Coldiron has been arrested for the murders of the Billings. The step daughter, Dawn Center, told WEAR that Coldiron did landscape work for the Billings. See interview.
Rape victim’s poem possibly linked to accused Billings murder
Wayne Coldiron is the second person suspected of murdering the Billings. I got this post to the blog. We can't verify that the rape took place and only post to show that someone has posted this poem on the Internet. The poem was posted August 17, 2004 at 20:04:51. There is the post: Rick, [...]
Billings Murder Video
Here is the video that the ECSO released today on the intruders entering the north side of the Billings residence. The camera had filmed every three seconds.
Billings press conference
Sheriff David Morgan said at the 3 p.m. press conference that the ECSO is looking for three black males and possibly white male who were involved in the Billings murder. Morgan release a video of two males dressed in "Ninja garb" entering the northside of the Billings residence through an unlocked [...]
Patrick Gonzalez facebook account
http://www.facebook.com/patpoff?v=wall&viewas=1126945178 His last post is Saturday night two days after the murders. The day after the murders, Gonzalez posted: "Was feeling a little ill yesterday, but today I feel great. Now Tabatha isn't feeling so hot. 24 hr. bug? Anyone else got it?" Fri [...]
Patrick Gonzalez Myspace page
Check out this link: http://www.myspace.com/billherkel. His last post on his mood, dated July 8 - night before murders ---Patrick Gonzalez "making a move for humanity" Mood: adventurous adventurous. According to his page, Patrick and his wife Tabitha Gonzalez received the SERVICE TO MANKIND [...]
Project FightBack
Patrick Gonzalez's self defense group was called "Project FIGHTBACK." It was described as providing Abduction Awareness and Kidnap Prevention Training to children in the North West Florida Area and Women's Self Defense and Rape Awareness Classes free of charge to All participants.
More GV emails
I think this is the last set of emails to/from Commissioner Valentino with BPM on economic development. There are some duplicates from earlier posts. I am posting as I received them without comment. (more...)
Accused Billings murderer – “Born Again” self defense instructor
Patrick Gonzalez (Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr.), one of the two men accused of murdering Byrd and Melanie Billings, is a south Santa Rosa County resident who tried to make a living as Taekwondo instructor teaching self defense to women and children in the Gulf Breeze area. Part of his sale pitch [...]
Arrest made in Billings murder case
Sheriff David Morgan and State Attorney Bill Eddins just completed a press conference to announce the arrest of Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Sr. for tampering with evidence in the Billings murder case. According to Morgan, Gonzalez tried to alter the appearance of the red van used in the murders. The [...]
How Valentino plan was formed
The IN requested the emails of Commissioner Gene Valentino regarding his economic development plan. The purpose was to gain a better understanding of the details of his plan and how it was developed. We will publish these emails for your review without commentary. I will provide my analysis later. [...]