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Florida man describes desperate call from son in Polk County triple homicide case
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Henry
Jul 20, 2020, 9:05:02 PM7/20/20
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It was a phone call a Florida man dreaded receiving from his son.
“Help,” Brandon Rollins told his father Cyril Rollins, according
to authorities.
Brandon Rollins, 27, and two longtime friends, Keven
Springfield, 30, and Damion Tillman, 23, were killed in
Frostproof, Fla., on Friday night. But before he died Rollins
called his father.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the three men were
“massacred” in the woods near Lake Street after parking their
two pickups to go catfishing. He described the murder scene as
"horrific," and said the killers were at large.
A spokeswoman for Judd told Fox News on Monday there was no new
information about the investigation to report.
“I was just so upset last night, I just didn’t know what to do,”
Cyril Rollins said in an interview with WFLA-TV.
Of the call from his son, Cyril Rollins said “we heard some
background and they fussing all that, but I left, I went on out
here.”
He also told the station, “When I got there I was looking for my
son. It was a mess. I found my son. I was holding him. He was
telling me what happened but I was too shocked to know what was
going on.”
The elder Rollins has revealed what his son told him to
investigators, Judd said, but at this time they are not
disclosing details.
Rollins was sleeping when his son called. After finding his son,
he drove to a gas station and called 911. He had left his
cellphone at home when he rushed out of the house, Judd said.
WFLA also interviewed the mother of Brandon Rollins, who is
determined that justice be served.
"I know it can’t bring my son back, but I just want to see
something done,” Dottie Payton said. “This was horrible.”
The family said Brandon was an avid fisherman and wild hog
hunter. Payton said her son went fishing almost every other
night.
“I moved here from Jacksonville, Fla., for him two years ago and
this is not how it was supposed to be and I want justice for
him. And I will not stop until he gets it," she said.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-polk-county-triple-
homicide
“Help,” Brandon Rollins told his father Cyril Rollins, according
to authorities.
Brandon Rollins, 27, and two longtime friends, Keven
Springfield, 30, and Damion Tillman, 23, were killed in
Frostproof, Fla., on Friday night. But before he died Rollins
called his father.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the three men were
“massacred” in the woods near Lake Street after parking their
two pickups to go catfishing. He described the murder scene as
"horrific," and said the killers were at large.
A spokeswoman for Judd told Fox News on Monday there was no new
information about the investigation to report.
“I was just so upset last night, I just didn’t know what to do,”
Cyril Rollins said in an interview with WFLA-TV.
Of the call from his son, Cyril Rollins said “we heard some
background and they fussing all that, but I left, I went on out
here.”
He also told the station, “When I got there I was looking for my
son. It was a mess. I found my son. I was holding him. He was
telling me what happened but I was too shocked to know what was
going on.”
The elder Rollins has revealed what his son told him to
investigators, Judd said, but at this time they are not
disclosing details.
Rollins was sleeping when his son called. After finding his son,
he drove to a gas station and called 911. He had left his
cellphone at home when he rushed out of the house, Judd said.
WFLA also interviewed the mother of Brandon Rollins, who is
determined that justice be served.
"I know it can’t bring my son back, but I just want to see
something done,” Dottie Payton said. “This was horrible.”
The family said Brandon was an avid fisherman and wild hog
hunter. Payton said her son went fishing almost every other
night.
“I moved here from Jacksonville, Fla., for him two years ago and
this is not how it was supposed to be and I want justice for
him. And I will not stop until he gets it," she said.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-polk-county-triple-
homicide
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