The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus guitarist Randy Winter used his hearing to help save a missing man s life in the rock band s hometown of Middleburg, Fla., last week.
According to a report from nearby Jacksonville s News 4 Jax, Middleburg resident David Willard was revealed as missing by the Clay County Sheriff s Office on April 26. Being familiar with the area that searchers were focused on, Winter offered to lend a hand or an ear in the search that had investigators combing the woods near his home with ATVs and a helicopter.
Watch a video down toward the bottom of this post. From my years as a musician both in the studio and on tour, I ve learned to be able to separate distinct sounds, Winter tells Channel 4. I know this area very well and thought I could help.
Deputies forced entry and found a woman dead, the sheriff’s office said.
Residents of both homes involved were upset and did not want to speak to First Coast News on Monday. Neighbors in the Black Creek at Eagle Harbor subdivision watched the standoff from a distance.
Up close, the garage and part of the wall of the home is damaged in an otherwise quiet neighborhood.
Matthew Gates lives near the Clay County home and watched the standoff unfold.
“There was nothing but tapes and ropes and firetrucks, it was kind of a little disturbing,” Gates said.
Investigators say Hopkins, a St. Johns County resident, shot his girlfriend, who was not identified, then drove into the home where he killed himself.