Whitey Ford
06-25-2023, 08:46 PM
From Dating App to Homicide: DeLand Man Faces 45-Year Prison Term
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A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a man he met on a dating app for sex has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Michael Harris Jr. received the sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Bobby Scott, 63, whose severely beaten body was discovered in a wooded area in DeLand, Florida, north of Orlando.
Harris had been released from a Florida juvenile justice residential program on Jan. 3, 2020, and was listed as having a “high” commitment level for crimes of robbery, carjacking with a firearm, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon from 2018, court documents reviewed showed.
An affidavit outlined the case that began on Jan. 17, 2021, when Scott met his killer through a dating app to have sex but was never seen or heard from again.
When Scott didn’t return home, his husband told authorities he had not seen or spoken with him since he left to go to the gym. Scott’s severely beaten body was discovered several days later in a wooded area in DeLand.
Harris was arrested after being found driving Scott’s bloody 2019 Chevrolet Blazer SUV that was being tracked via GPS as it traveled on a highway in east DeLand, court documents said.
A search of Scott’s vehicle found blood on the exterior in several areas, including the driver’s side door handles and the rear cargo hatch, court documents said. Blood was also found in several places in the rear cargo area. DNA testing of the evidence matched the killer and victim, court documents said.
https://west-palm-beach-news.com/from-dating-app-to-homicide-deland-man-faces-45-year-prison-term/
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A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a man he met on a dating app for sex has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Michael Harris Jr. received the sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Bobby Scott, 63, whose severely beaten body was discovered in a wooded area in DeLand, Florida, north of Orlando.
Harris had been released from a Florida juvenile justice residential program on Jan. 3, 2020, and was listed as having a “high” commitment level for crimes of robbery, carjacking with a firearm, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon from 2018, court documents reviewed showed.
An affidavit outlined the case that began on Jan. 17, 2021, when Scott met his killer through a dating app to have sex but was never seen or heard from again.
When Scott didn’t return home, his husband told authorities he had not seen or spoken with him since he left to go to the gym. Scott’s severely beaten body was discovered several days later in a wooded area in DeLand.
Harris was arrested after being found driving Scott’s bloody 2019 Chevrolet Blazer SUV that was being tracked via GPS as it traveled on a highway in east DeLand, court documents said.
A search of Scott’s vehicle found blood on the exterior in several areas, including the driver’s side door handles and the rear cargo hatch, court documents said. Blood was also found in several places in the rear cargo area. DNA testing of the evidence matched the killer and victim, court documents said.
https://west-palm-beach-news.com/from-dating-app-to-homicide-deland-man-faces-45-year-prison-term/