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He’d rather be dead! Suspect in quadruple homicide, William Boyette, takes his own life to avoid arrest; Accomplice, Mary Rice in custody

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><section id&equals;"module-position-Pt9Y7A0KnTs" class&equals;"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>Quadruple homicide fugitive&comma; William Boyette&comma; suspect in murders of four women kills in Florida Panhandle kills himself in Georgia  motel<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>Female accomplice&comma; Mary Rice surrendered to cops <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>Local law enforcement agencies were seeking Boyette&comma; 44&comma; for the alleged murders of four women<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>The ex-con with a long list of priors allegedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend Alicia Greer&comma; 30&comma; and her 39-year-old friend Jacqueline Moore at the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton&comma; Fla&period;&comma;  Jan 31 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>He next shot 52-year-old hospital worker and stole her car before invading the home of Kayla Crocker&comma;28&comma; who died on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>Mary Barbara Craig Rice&comma; 37&comma; faces accessory after the fact to capital murder in the Milton&comma; Fla  double homicide&comma; capital murder in Alabama in the death of Peggy Broz<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;170101&semi;"><strong>Charges still pending in the death of Kayla Crocker <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"asset-double-wide double-wide p402&lowbar;premium">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Pt9Y7HkubGA" class&equals;"story-asset video-asset">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ui-video-wrapper ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ui-video-controls story-video inline-story-video priority">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"video-desc"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-138358" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;william-billy-boyette2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"william-billy-boyette2" width&equals;"617" height&equals;"998" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Police believe William Boyette took his own life during a standoff at a Georgia motel&period; His alleged accomplice&comma; Mary Craig Rice&comma; surrendered to authorities<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"video-desc">Authorities say one of two people wanted in the deaths of four women has killed himself&comma; ending a Tuesday standoff at a west Georgia motel and a multi-state crime spree&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>David Morgan&comma; sheriff of Escambia County &comma; Florida said William &&num;8216&semi;Billy&&num;8217&semi; Boyette died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that another suspect&comma; Mary Craig Rice&comma; surrendered and is in custody&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The pair is <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;07&sol;triple-homicide-manhunt-on-for-william-boyette-who-shot-dead-his-ex-girlfriend-and-went-on-a-rampage-with-accomplice-mary-rice-he-killed-a-motel-guest-a-hospital-worker-and-critically-injured-a-mom&sol;">charged with killings <&sol;a>that sparked a manhunt throughout southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle&comma; where the crimes occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-140067" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;william-bill-boyette6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"William 'Bill' Boyette6&period;jpg" width&equals;"572" height&equals;"595" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>William Boyette who almost killed his ex Alicia Greer had only been out of jail four months for a probation violation for that crime&comma;  when he allegedly murdered Greer and Moore at the Emerald Sands motel in the Milton&comma; Fla on Jan 31<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Acting on a tip off Tuesday afternoon&comma; deputies in Florida cornered Boyette and Rice holed up at the West Point Motel in West Point&comma; Ga&period;&comma; along with a car that was stolen Monday morning from the home of their last victim Kayla Crocker in Pensacola&comma; Florida&period;  Crocker&comma; 28&comma; was shot and died Tuesday afternoon at an area hospital&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A standoff ensued&comma; but after several futile attempts by officers to contact the fugitive pair inside the hotel room&comma; Mary Rice came out of the motel room where she was holed up with Boyette shortly after the Georgia SWAT team arrived&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Within minutes of Rice surrendering&comma; officers heard a single gunshot from inside the motel room&comma; officers entered the room and found Boyette dead&comma; according to the Troup County Sheriff&comma; James Woodruff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-138366" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;police-wanted-person-flyer-for-william-billy-boyette&period;jpg" alt&equals;"police-wanted-person-flyer-for-william-billy-boyette" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"357" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;The tip was received at about 2&colon;30 p&period;m&period; today from a citizen who spotted the car that was being discussed in the media and on social media&comma; Woodruff said&period; An officer was dispatched to the motel and confirmed it was the car stolen from Crocker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A clerk at the motel told deputies that Rice checked into the motel Monday night under her own name&period; Deputies confirmed there were people inside the room because Boyette and Rice opened the curtains periodically and waved at law enforcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"loop-title"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;07&sol;triple-homicide-manhunt-on-for-william-boyette-who-shot-dead-his-ex-girlfriend-and-went-on-a-rampage-with-accomplice-mary-rice-he-killed-a-motel-guest-a-hospital-worker-and-critically-injured-a-mom&sol;" rel&equals;"bookmark">Triple homicide manhunt on for William Boyette who shot dead his ex-girlfriend and went on a rampage with accomplice Mary Rice<&sol;a><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Deputies set up a perimeter around the hotel and just as SWAT was preparing to enter&comma; Rice came outside&comma; Woodruff said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are always glad when something this seriously is resolved and no one is injured and no one is killed&comma;” Woodruff told media gathered outside the motel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We knew going in&comma; them having killed several people already&comma; that this could end very badly&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;emerald-sands-inn&period;png" alt&equals;"Emerald Sands Inn&period;png" width&equals;"611" height&equals;"455" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>William &&num;8216&semi;Billy&&num;8217&semi; Boyette began his killing spree at this Emerald Sands Inn where he shot and killed  with his first victim&comma; Alicia Greer and Jacqueline Moore<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Pt9Y7HkeapA" class&equals;"story-asset image-asset"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The shooting of Crocker Monday morning in her home was the most recent attack in the crime spree that began Jan&period; 31&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Two women&comma; Alicia Greer and Jacqueline Moore&comma; were killed at the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton&comma; Fla&period;&comma; on Jan&period; 31&period; Boyette and Rice are then thought to have killed Peggy Broz at her Lillian&comma; Ala&period;&comma; home the morning of Feb&period; 3 in order to steal her vehicle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It’s alleged that Rice and Boyette followed Broz to her home early on the morning of Feb&period; 3&comma; where they shot and killed Broz in her front yard&period; Police have found no other connection between the suspects and the victim other than the fact she had a vehicle they wanted&comma; according to the Baldwin County&comma; Ala&period; Sheriff’s Office&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We believe at this point that obviously they selected her to prey on&comma; they don’t have any ties that tie them together at this point&comma;”   spokesman&comma; Anthony Lowry said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Pt9Y7Hk-5Tg" class&equals;"story-asset image-asset">&NewLine;<aside class&equals;"wide single-photo">&NewLine;<h6>&NewLine;<strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-140058" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;mary-rice3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mary Rice3&period;jpg" width&equals;"1095" height&equals;"1071" &sol;>Mary Craig Rice&comma; described as a &&num;8220&semi;willing participant&comma;&&num;8221&semi; faces capital murder charges in Florida and Alabama<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"clearfix"> Broz worked at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola&comma; but Lowery wasn’t able to confirm whether Boyette and Rice had followed Broz all the way from Pensacola to her home&comma; or whether they were already located in Alabama when they found her&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In a press conference at the Santa Rosa county sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office Tuesday morning&comma; Sheriff Bob Johnson said a warrant for accessory after the fact to capital murder has been issued for Rice&comma; who Johnson says is a &&num;8220&semi;willing participant&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Records show that Boyette was a habitual violent offender&comma; having been accused of beating and stabbing previous girlfriends in the years leading up to his killing spree and eventual death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Gallery of Victims<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-138371" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;first-victim-alicia-greer-ight-with-boyette1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"first-victim-alicia-greer-ight-with-boyette1" width&equals;"555" height&equals;"573" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>The killer William &&num;8216&semi;Billy&&num;8217&semi; Boyette with his first victim&comma; Alicia Greer&period; His ex-girlfriend&comma; a mother-of-three was desperately trying to escape hims after he sent her to hospital requiring an MRI and sutures in her scalp<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-140064" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;jacqueline-moore1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jacqueline Moore1&period;jpg" width&equals;"543" height&equals;"647" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Greer&&num;8217&semi;s friend&comma; Jacqueline Moore&comma; was killed also killed along with her by Boyette during his killing rampage<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-138365" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;the-next-alleged-victim-of-boyettes-spree-was-peggy-broz1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"the-next-alleged-victim-of-boyettes-spree-was-peggy-broz1" width&equals;"582" height&equals;"1250" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Victim number three was Peggy Broz was shot by the murdering duo in her front yard of her Lillian&comma; Ala home&comma; on Feb 3&period; The killers wanted her car which they took <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-138583" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;kayla-crocker2&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;680" alt&equals;"kayla-crocker2" width&equals;"599" height&equals;"399" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>The last victim Kayla Crocker&comma; died Tuesday&period; The killers invaded her home and shot her while her two-year-old son was present in the home&comma; before making off with her car<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The prosecution was forced to drop a number of charges as the victims either couldn’t be located or recanted their statements on Boyette’s abuse&comma; and as such he never served more than a year in jail for his domestic violence accusations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Boyette had only been out of jail four months for a probation violation when he allegedly committed the Milton double homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Aside from the known relationship between Boyette and Greer&comma; police have not found any other connection between Boyette and Rice to the other three victims&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;State Attorney Bill Eddins said Rice faces charges of accessory after the fact to capital murder in the Milton double homicide&comma; and charges are still pending in the attack on Crocker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities in Baldwin County&comma; Alabama said Rice is also facing charges of capital murder in the Alabama jurisdiction for her involvement with Broz’s killing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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