Fla. couple who adopted 12 children found slain

[Fanny Mae]

Pamela's Antique business is a big red flag to me.  Antique stores are frequently used for money
laundering in the drug trade.  This woman is bad to the bone.

I agree Magnolia - I get a hinky feeling about her. Something more than accessory after the fact.  Her smug look - I get the feeling she's someone who (Like Casey A.) thinks she's smarter than anyone else.  I seriously hope they up the charges on her.

Kimmy53, I'm with you about the smirky perp walk. She walked out of there like she was at a movie debut or something. Walking on a $10,000 bond had got my hinky meter over heating. Safe buried in her back yard, she knew it was there and where the guns were. Her car was used to transport safe from the crime scene. And what about her supposed husband that she is married to, but not really legal. He seemed to know a lot about what was going on. Very confusing case, and seems to be getting worse.

[cece]

http://www.pnj.com/article/20090717/NEWS01/90717015

Three men charged in connection with the murder and robbery of Byrd and Melanie Billings are scheduled to appear in court this afternoon.

Patrick Gonzalez Jr. of Gulf Breeze, Gary Lamont Sumner of Okaloosa County and Wayne Thomas Coldiron of Pensacola are scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. court appearance. Gonzalez has been identified by investigators as the organizer of the crime.


Prosecutors want to clarify the charges against the trio.


Each is being held without bond.


They are among six men, a 16-year-old boy and a Gulf Breeze woman charged in connection with the July 9 slayings in Beulah.

[no rose colored glasses]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

[islandmonkey]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

  I noticed.......but the 1206 Via DeLuna address is cracking me up~if there IS anything buried there, I'll be rich tonight

[cece]

http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DP&Dato=20090716&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=907160806&Ref=PH

photo gallery of Pam's backyard at 1247 Ramblewood where the safe was found.

[cece]

http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DP&Dato=20090715&Kategori=NEWS03&Lopenr=907150805&Ref=PH

Photo gallery including pics of her boat, some of her properties & the antique mall.

[no rose colored glasses]

Thanks for the links to the pictures.

[cece]

Thanks for the links to the pictures.

You're welcome no rose & I hope you are having a great day.   

[cece]

http://www.northescambia.com/?p=9551

The Role Of Pamela Long Wiggins In Billings Murder Case
July 17, 2009
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Department arrest report obtained by NorthEscambia.com says that Pamela Long Wiggins, 47, was an accomplice in the home invasion and murders that occurred on July 9. As suspects were interviewed by investigators, information was received concerning a red minivan that was left at a predetermined location near the crime scene to facilitate the escape of those involved in the crime. That van was later determined to be registered to Wiggins.

Other suspects in the crime told deputies that firearms  — both handguns and long guns — used in the murders and the safe taken from the home were later transferred into Wiggins’ minivan. The van was later observed by witnesses at Magnolia Antique Mall in Gulf Breeze, a business owned by Wiggins. It was reported that Wiggins was the passenger in the red minivan which still contained the victims’ safe and the firearms used in the crimes.

On Monday, the ECSO executed a search warrant at Wiggins’ residence at 1247 Ramblewoods Drive in Gulf Breeze. Authorities were unable to locate the Billings’ safe or the firearms. On Wednesday, her estranged husband, Hugh Wiggins, told investigators that the safe was hidden in the backyard of a home owned by Wiggins. The arrest report does not specify if the home was the one on Ramblewoods Drive or if it was one of five other pieces of property she owns in Santa Rosa County.

State Attorney Bill Eddins confirmed Thursday that the safe and firearms had been recovered. He declined to say what, if anything, was inside the safe.

Wiggins was charged with accessory after the fact to felony murder. She was released on $10,000 bond from the Escambia County Jail.

[islandmonkey]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

  I noticed.......but the 1206 Via DeLuna address is cracking me up~if there IS anything buried there, I'll be rich tonight

I should clarify by saying I don't live at this address, but I do live close enough to spit on this house, and if there was ANY activity in the backyard everyone within a stone's throw would know about it and I'd be digging up their yard tonight....

[no rose colored glasses]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

  I noticed.......but the 1206 Via DeLuna address is cracking me up~if there IS anything buried there, I'll be rich tonight

I should clarify by saying I don't live at this address, but I do live close enough to spit on this house, and if there was ANY activity in the backyard everyone within a stone's throw would know about it and I'd be digging up their yard tonight....

One thing that I don't understand, LE is saying what was in the safe, but what if there was some real good stuff inside there, and one of the people involved in all this took it out and hid it? Medicine in a safe? I don't know just seems weird to me.

[cece]

http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/2abd141d-www.kgan.com.shtml


Funeral held for murdered parents of special-needs kids
July 17, 2009 15:02 EDT


PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Loved ones are remembering a Florida couple gunned down during a robbery at their home.

A funeral was held today in Pensacola for Byrd and Melanie Billings.

Melanie Billings' brother praised the kindness and selflessness of the couple who adopted 13 children with special needs. Ed Brock says their lives "centered around children, their family and each other."

Brock says the couple "embraced the complexity of raising children with special needs" and "gave these children a joyous childhood and a much needed voice."

They also had four children from previous marriages.

Nine of the children were at home last week when intruders shot the couple to death and made off with a safe. A family spokeswoman says the safe contained jewelry, family documents and children's prescription medication.

Six men and a teenager are charged with murder, and a woman is charged with being an accessory after the fact.

[Fanny Mae]

 Thanks from me too, Cece and Island.   

[cece]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

  I noticed.......but the 1206 Via DeLuna address is cracking me up~if there IS anything buried there, I'll be rich tonight

I should clarify by saying I don't live at this address, but I do live close enough to spit on this house, and if there was ANY activity in the backyard everyone within a stone's throw would know about it and I'd be digging up their yard tonight....

One thing that I don't understand, LE is saying what was in the safe, but what if there was some real good stuff inside there, and one of the people involved in all this took it out and hid it? Medicine in a safe? I don't know just seems weird to me.

Did I read or hear somewhere that there may have been more than one safe at the house?

[cece]

Thanks from me too, Cece and Island.   

You're welcome Fanny Mae & hope your day is going well.   

[islandmonkey]

IM, that's why I don't know what is true or not, InSessions also  Rumors I'm sure are running rampant.

  I noticed.......but the 1206 Via DeLuna address is cracking me up~if there IS anything buried there, I'll be rich tonight

I should clarify by saying I don't live at this address, but I do live close enough to spit on this house, and if there was ANY activity in the backyard everyone within a stone's throw would know about it and I'd be digging up their yard tonight....

One thing that I don't understand, LE is saying what was in the safe, but what if there was some real good stuff inside there, and one of the people involved in all this took it out and hid it? Medicine in a safe? I don't know just seems weird to me.

That is a great point......I can only speculate that maybe the safe was a combination safe like mine and no other way to get in except blow torch thru it or blast it open, and if they did that there would have been evidence. I don't think anyone of the above players would know the combination, but I could be totally off. Also, when my daughter took adderal I kept it in the safe as I have non-stop teenagers at my house and worry about them getting into RX, but I'm probably unusual in that extreme and I only keep legal document, video's and photos of my children in my safe (that way if the house burns, I don't lose anything).

[no rose colored glasses]

I don't recall that their was another safe, but there could have been, that was a huge house, and I'm sure they must have had expensive jewelry and other items that needed to be in a safe.

[islandmonkey]

Thanks from me too, Cece and Island.   

Anytime~I'm sure you're as intrigued as I am since this is close to your old "stomping grounds".

[cece]

I don't recall that their was another safe, but there could have been, that was a huge house, and I'm sure they must have had expensive jewelry and other items that needed to be in a safe.

Thanks no rose.  Maybe it was just speculation about a second safe that I read about. 

[islandmonkey]

Sheriff just announced 4pm CST news conference..