Jacksonville murder-for-hire suspects 2 of 4 indicted by grand jury
Grand jury returns 1st-degree murder charges in 3 high-profile cases
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A grand jury has returned first-degree murder charges in three high-profile Jacksonville cases, including two suspects charged in a 2019 murder-for-hire killing.
Jerry Burns and Stephen Hand are accused in the murder-for-hire killing of Burns’ wife, Velvet. Amanda Love was also arrested.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Burns was having an affair with Love and paid her $5,000 to arrange for others to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary. According to Love’s police arrest report, she hired two men who were told they’d get more money when Burns collected on his wife’s life insurance.
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Man accused in deadly 2020 Jacksonville Amazon shooting indicted for first-degree murder
Daisean Biffle is accused of killing his girlfriend Ebony Nicholas, 22, at the Pecan Park Road facility where both worked last September. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 7/16/2021 5:29:25 PM Updated: 6:38 PM EDT July 16, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A man accused in a fatal shooting at the Jacksonville Amazon fulfillment center last year is now charged with first-degree murder.
Daisean Biffle is accused of killing his girlfriend Ebony Nicholas, 22, at the Pecan Park Road facility where both worked last September, then shooting himself.
Biffle was initially charged with second-degree murder but court records show he was indicted on the more severe charges Thursday.
State releases evidence amid investigation of deadly shooting at Jacksonville Amazon center
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The State Attorney’s Office on Monday released evidence it has collected while investigating a deadly shooting at the Jacksonville Amazon center.
Ebony Nicholas, 22, was shot and killed last September at the Amazon center on Pecan Park Road, where she and her boyfriend, Daisean Biffle, worked.
Biffle, 22, was arrested and charged with her death and has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. According to his arrest warrant, Biffle went to Amazon and asked workers where Nicholas was. Investigators determined Biffle shot Nicholas, then shot himself and survived.
Like COVID-19, Jacksonville s homicides surge in 2020 and top out at unprecedented 178 Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union © Bob Self/Florida Times-Union Crime scene tape at the corner of the Amazon fulfillment center as law enforcement responded to a report of a shooting at the Pecan Park Road facility near the Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, Florida Monday, June 29, 2020. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]
EDITOR S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect 2021 developments in 2020 cases.
For many, the new year comes with hope from two COVID-19 vaccines, new leadership in the White House and just a fresh start to 2021.
It s also a time to reset in Jacksonville, where the homicide toll returns to a clean slate. The city unofficially endured 178 homicides in perhaps the most disturbing year of bloodshed in decades.
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