Airbnb owner in Florida alerted police to footage of murder victim seen being transported from her home
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Florida authorities revealed on Monday that it was an out-of-state Airbnb owner who spotted three men on a security camera carrying what appeared to be a dead body out of his home and alerted investigators, who are now looking for the accomplice to the murder. suspect since his arrest over the Easter weekend.
At a Monday press conference, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd revealed that detectives have since identified the three men seen executing the fatally injured 29-year-old Xavier Antonio Johnson from an Airbnb property. in Davenport, Florida on April 13. used to sell trafficking quantities of marijuana since April 8, when the group took possession of the residence, Judd said.
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The sheriff’s office released an excerpt from the surveillance video in hopes of identifying the three men who, according to detectives, then drove Johnson to Heart of Florida Hospital and fled. Johnson succumbed to her injuries in hospital and Judd said investigators were able to find the crime scene after the out-of-state Airbnb owner alerted her office to what she saw on her camera. Ring doorbell.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said detectives are looking for the identity of the unknown accomplice of murder suspect Justin Jenkins seen together in the Ring doorbell video entering an Airbnb in Florida, then later leaving again at the hurry.
(Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
“The Airbnb owner looked at the security cameras and saw this traffic going in and out of her house, saw this apparently dead or very seriously injured person being transported, and she called us,” Judd told reporters. Monday. “And that’s how we found the crime scene.”
Judd said the three men have since been identified and are being investigated. The sheriff announced the arrest of the murder suspect on Monday and said investigators are looking to identify his associate seen arriving at the Airbnb and later hastily fleeing in a second video clip recently released to the public.
Justin Jenkins, 29, was arrested in Volusia County, Florida on an out-of-county warrant charging him with first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm/lethal weapon. His criminal history includes 35 felonies and 20 prior misdemeanors, Judd said. He will be transferred to Polk County Jail at a later date. He served three stints in state prison and was known to police in his hometown of Eustis, Lake County, Florida.
Judd described the Jenkins associate as an unknown white or Hispanic male.
This compilation shows stills of the three Polk County men, Sheriff Grady Judd, who were seen on the Ring doorbell camera carrying murder victim Xavier Antonio Johnson from an Airbnb in Florida.
(Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
“This case is far from over, but what we need is his partner. His partner who helped murder someone,” Judd said, appealing to “social media sleuths” to any information. “Justin Jenkins and his partner drove all the way from South Daytona to Davenport, Florida to, as they say, ‘tongue’, rob at gunpoint a drug dealer, a drug dealer marijuana and in the process murder the guy.”
Judd also used the murder to slam people who claim marijuana is a “low-level, non-violent drug.”
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Anyone with information about the investigation is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 863-298-6200. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous may also be eligible for a $5,000 cash reward and can contact Heartland Crime Stoppers.
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