The caretaker found Bottino’s body in the reservation’s parking lot around 6:30 p.m., Shah said.
“The fact that he was in the parking lot suggests that he was on his way home to his family,” she said of Bottino, the married father of two children.
An autopsy on Christmas Eve determined Bottino had died from multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma injuries, Shah continued.
“The weight of the evidence in this case is quite strong,” added the prosecutor. She said Massey left a fingerprint on the victim’s phone and the suspect’s own phone was found during a search of the 22-acre reservation.
Shooting Leaves Two Duck Hunters Dead at Famed Waterfowl Lake
At Tennessee s Reelfoot Lake: What has taken place today is hard to process. No duck is worth the life of a man.
Shutterstock image January 26, 2021 By Lynn Burkhead
A Monday morning double-homicide at famed Reelfoot Lake in northwestern Tennessee has left two men dead and the Mid-South duck hunting world in stunned disbelief.
Details began to slowly emerge late on the evening of Jan. 25, 2021, concerning the shootings that reportedly took place before 11 a.m. on Monday in the Walnut Log area of the lake.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the crime with assistance from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Obion County Sheriffs Office, and other local authorities. The TBI issued a series of late-night tweets confirming some details in the double murder as well as asking for assistance in locating a person
PINE HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) A man accused of murdering a hunter in South Jersey has been arrested in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Camden County Prosecutor s Office.
Shawn Massey, 38 of Gibbsboro, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of 54-year-old Joseph Bottino.
Bottino, who was known to hunt in the Pine Hill area, was found stabbed to death on December 23, 2020, in Camden County.
A medical examiner determined Bottino died of multiple stab and incise wounds as well as blunt force injuries.
Investigators said evidence collected at that scene linked Massey to the crime.