Byrd and Melanie Billings were found shot to death last Thursday in their Beulah, Florida home. The Billings were prominent business owners who had four children of their own and who had adopted 12 children, most of them with special needs. The Billings were victims of a home invasion. Robbery appears to have been the motive, although that has yet to be determined.
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., 35, and Wayne Coldiron, 41, have been charged with their murder. Gonzalez’s father, Leonard Sr., 56, has been arrested for driving the getaway van and for tampering with evidence by trying to repaint the van. The father admitted driving his son and Coldiron to the Billings home, letting them out of the van armed with guns, and driving them away from the scene after they returned from the house.
If you’ve been reading my blogs, you know that I am a strong proponent of capital punishment. The Billings murders scream out for the ultimate punishment! Although they have yet to be convicted, Gonzalez, Jr. and Coldiron are poster boys for the death penalty. With these senseless killings that deprived 16 children of their parents, it is beyond my comprehension how anyone can be opposed to the death penalty.
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