45 y.o.lanscaper in FL is indicted for massacring gal & her 2 young daughters,inside their expensive house,had previously done landscaping work on the property,had NO previous intimate relationship with gal,prosecuters will perversely seek legal murder
Joe1orbit
I'm running out of posting time, folks. So my comments here are brief, I just
didn't want to see a GENUINE mass killer be ignored. Over in Florida, 45 year
old Larry James Parks has been indicted on three murder counts. He is charged
with massacring a family, 35 year old gal named Sherryann Brannon and her TWO
daughter-slaves, aged 7 and 4, inside of their rather expensive home. He
STABBED all three to death. All indications are that Larry was NOT intimately
involved with Sherryann. He was simply a landscaper who got to KNOW her and the
house, due to having been hired to perform extensive landscaping work on the
property.
Sherryann WAS married, and her hubby says that he FOUND the bodies. He WAS a
PRIME suspect at the very beginning of the investigation, this massacre
occuring just a little over two months ago, but all indications are that cops
have decided that hubby/Daddy James did not commit, or PAY Larry to commit,
this family massacre on his behalf.
It does sound as though detectives have built a fairly SOLID case against
Larry, and I fear they will have little trouble getting a conviction against
him. Perversely, they have already announced that they will seek to MURDER him,
as the PERVERSE efforts of your ultra-diseased society to appease the
suppressed bloodlust of you EVIL "law-abiding" creatures, continue.
No word on any SPECIFIC motive, other than the UNIVERSAL and absolutely valid
motives of RAGE and HATE and LUST for VENGEANCE due to personal traumatization
and brutalization during childhood, that ALL True Reality-based mass & serial
killers possess.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of yesterday's Associated Press news wire:
11/10/99
Landscaper indicted on three first-degree murder counts
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A landscaper arrested Oct. 27 in the slaying of a mother
and two young daughters was indicted Wednesday on three counts of first-degree
murder.
A Manatee County Grand Jury indicted Larry James Parks, 45, of Myakka City,
after hearing more than four hours of testimony and deliberating for just five
minutes.
Parks is accused of stabbing Sherryann Brannon, 35, and her daughters Shelby,
7, and Cassidy, 4, Sept. 16 inside their $300,000 home in eastern Manatee
County.
``The investigation will continue with regard to Mr. Parks and all the
circumstances surrounding the case,'' said Assistant State Attorney Art Brown.
``The outcome of what happened today was pretty much what we expected,'' said
Mary Nevitt, Mrs. Brannon's twin sister.
Grand jurors saw pictures, heard about DNA that prosecutors say ties Parks to
the killings and heard from sheriff's Lt. William Evers and detectives Rick
Gerken and Joe Perry, lead investigators in the case.
Brown said the quick deliberations were no surprise.
``I wouldn't say it was unusual for the other cases I've done,'' Brown said.
Albert Dewey Brannon Jr., 36, found his wife and Shelby dead inside the house.
Cassidy died later that day on the way to Bayfront Medical Center in St.
Petersburg.
DNA material, bloody shoe prints and surveyor's string used to tie up the
victims served as evidence, sheriff's officials said.
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The following appears courtesy of the 11/11/99 online edition of The Sarasota
Herald-Tribune newspaper:
Grand jury indicts landscaper; state seeks death penalty
posted 11/10/99
By Brett Barrouquere
STAFF WRITER
Timeline
Sept. 16: Albert "Dewey" Brannon calls 911 to report finding his estranged
wife and two daughters dead in their Panther Ridge home. Someone repeatedly
stabbed Sherryann, 35, Shelby, 7, and Cassidy, 4, and slit their throats.
Detectives question Dewey for six hours.
Sept. 23: Dewey holds a press conference to deny his involvement.
Sept. 26: He is added to a list of 135 people under investigation after
detectives conduct a field interview.
Oct. 4: An anonymous caller tips the Sheriff's Office that Larry James Parks
has been acting strangely since the Brannon murders.
Oct. 22: Parks is charged with sexual battery, armed burglary and two counts
of aggravated assault with a firearm. Detectives say he bound his victim with
yellow surveyor's string, similar to string found in Sherryann Brannon's home.
Oct. 23: Detectives take hair and blood samples from Parks and search his
mobile home for evidence to compare to the Brannon murders. They seize knives
and shoes.
Oct. 25: Manatee County Sheriff Charlie Wells says a major development and new
evidence could lead to an imminent arrest.
Oct. 26: DNA tests on Parks' hair and blood match DNA found at the Brannon
murder scene.
Oct. 27: Detectives arrest Parks on three counts of first-degree murder.
They say they are trying to determine whether anyone else was involved. They
do not call Dewey a suspect, but say they have not ruled him out either.
Nov. 10: A grand jury deliberates for about five minutes before indicting
Parks on three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say they will seek
the death penalty.
* * *
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Myakka City man indicted
Wednesday on three counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Sherry-Ann
Brannon and her two daughters in September.
The indictment of Larry James Parks, 45, of Parks Road, came after a Manatee
County grand jury heard more than four hours of testimony and deliberated for
about five minutes.
"We believe we have an extremely strong case," said Dave Bristow, spokesman
for the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. "The next step will be a conviction."
Parks, a landscaper who worked on the Brannons' house, is accused of the
premeditated stabbing of Sherry-Ann, 35, Shelby, 7, and Cassidy, 4, inside
their home in the Foxwood section of Panther Ridge in eastern Manatee County.
Detectives say Parks attacked the Brannons between 10:30 p.m. Sept. 15 and 2
a.m. Sept. 16.
Albert Dewey Brannon Jr., 36, found his estranged wife and daughter Shelby
dead inside the house just after 10 a.m. Sept. 16 and called emergency
personnel. Cassidy died later that day on the way to Bayfront Medical Center in
St. Petersburg.
Dewey Brannon was questioned on the day of the killings and, in recent weeks,
cooperated with sheriff's detectives. He appeared briefly before the grand jury
on Wednesday morning.
Brannon's attorney, Julian Broome of Venice, could not be reached for comment
Wednesday.
"The investigation will continue with regard to Mr. Parks and all the
circumstances surrounding the case," Assistant State Attorney Art Brown said
after the indictment.
Neither Brown nor Bristow would say why the investigation is ongoing or when
the case might be closed. Previously, detectives have said they are considering
the possibility of accomplices. Some potential suspects have been ruled out,
but not Dewey Brannon, Sheriff Charlie Wells said.
Prosecutors took pictures from the crime scene into the grand jury room.
Witnesses appearing before the grand jury included a DNA expert, and sheriff's
Lt. William Evers and detectives Rick Gerken and Joe Perry, the lead
investigators on the case.
Chief Assistant State Attorney Deno Economou said the formal paperwork has not
been filed, but confirmed that the death penalty is being sought for Parks.
The decision to seek the death penalty did not surprise Jim Slater, Parks'
public defender. Slater said he was aware that capital punishment would be
sought, if the grand jury indicted Parks for first-degree murder.
"As we move forward, we'll be filing the appropriate motions to challenge the
death penalty," Slater said.
Joyce Toler, Parks' sister, declined to comment.
News of the indictments pleased Lorie Zylicz, Dewey Brannon's cousin.
"Good, good, good. Thank God," Zylicz said. "I was never a firm believer in
the death penalty until now."
"The outcome of what happened today was pretty much what we expected," said
Mary Nevitt, Sherry-Ann's twin sister.
Brown said the quick deliberations were not a surprise.
"I wouldn't say it was unusual for the other cases I've done," Brown said.
Detectives initially interviewed Parks on Sept. 26, adding his name to a list
of 135 people under investigation. On Oct. 4, an acquaintance of Parks called
detectives, telling them the landscaper had been behaving strangely since the
murders.
Parks was arrested Oct. 22 and charged with sexual battery, armed burglary and
two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm in a separate case. He was
accused of forcing his way into a home on Clay Gully Road in Myakka City early
that morning and sexually assaulting a woman.
According to Sheriff's Office reports, Parks pointed a gun at the woman and
said he had done "something terrible and was going to be a dead man" and wanted
to fulfill a sexual fantasy before that happened.
During the assault, Parks used yellow surveyor's twine to bind the woman's
hands; similar twine was found inside the Brannons' house after the murders,
sheriff's Col. Ken Pearson has said.
Parks was charged on Oct. 27 with killing the Brannons. He is being held in
the Manatee County jail without bail. Parks waived an appearance before a judge
today. His arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 3.
The last man from Manatee County sentenced to death was Daniel Burns Jr., 54.
He was convicted for the 1987 shooting of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper
Jeffrey D. Young near Interstate 75.
Burns is serving time in Union Correctional Institute while he appeals the
conviction and sentence.
Prosecutors last sought the death penalty in Manatee County in 1996. William
Russell Hill, who was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, received
a life sentence from Circuit Judge Gilbert Smith.
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