Byrd Billings

Byrd Billings was a Florida man who adopted 12 children with developmental disabilities. He and his wife Melanie were murdered in their home.Now police say up to 8 people may have been involved in the killing, which took place while 8 of Boyd's adopted children slept nearby.From an article at the AP: Investigators were looking at business ties for a possible motive in the slaying of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting 12 children with developmental disabilities and other problems...Read Full Story

Byrd Billings was a Florida man who adopted 12 children with developmental disabilities. He and his wife Melanie were murdered in their home.Now police have arrested 7 people they say may have been involved in the killing, which took place while 8 of Boyd's adopted children slept nearby.From an article at the AP: An ex-convict who taught self-defense to children. A day laborer who served prison time for killing a man in a fight. An Air Force staff sergeant attached to an elite special...Read Full Story

A 10-year-old adopted son with Down syndrome was sleeping with his parents in their bed when masked gunmen shot and killed the couple in their bedroom last month, according documents released Monday in the deaths of a Panhandle couple known for adopting children with special needs.The boy was among nine children between the ages of four and 11 at the home when Byrd and Melanie Billings were shot to death July 9.The more than 700 pages of witness and suspect interviews, crime scene reports and...Read Full Story

Grainy surveillance video shows a Florida couple known for adopting special needs children struggling with armed intruders minutes before their death.Reporters were shown the video Thursday at the prosecutor's office under a compromise reached by the media and the survivors of Byrd and Melanie Billings, who were killed in their sprawling Florida Panhandle home.The shadowy, time-lapsed video taken by the home's surveillance system shows Byrd Billings putting his arms in the air as armed men...Read Full Story

The Billings Family Gonzalez Jr.’s murder trial stays put Billings homicide trial: Accomplice cross-examined Billings Homicide Trial Continues Billings trial, Day 3: Witnesses Billings trial, Day 5: Witnesses Man who led ‘ninjas’ into Florida home guilty of first-degree murder Billings homicide trial: Gonzalez found guilty Jurors weigh death penalty for Fla. couple slaying Jury Recommends Death For Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jury Recommends Death in Florida Ninja Slaying Jury recommends death...Read Full Story