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Two suspects, 12 and 17 arrested, with a third suspect, 16, on the loose in triple teen murders in small Florida town – Cops said killers and victims were behind burglary and robbery spree in tiny town

&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>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office in Marion County announce arrests in a gruesome case of triple-homicide in the town of Ocklawaha&comma; Florida <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Suspect Christopher Atkins&comma; 12&comma; and Robert Robinson&comma; 17&comma; remain in custody&comma; b<strong>oth face first-degree murder charges<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Manhunt is ongoing for a third suspect&comma; 16-year-old Tahj Brewton<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Layla Silvernail&comma; 16&comma; was found shot and left inside a roadside dumpster last Thursday&comma; while an unnamed 17-year-old male victim was found less than a mile away on the side of a road on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>16-year-old Camille Quarles&comma; was found Saturday inside Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s car&comma; which was partially submerged in a pond<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>All three victims were killed on Thursday March 6&comma; motive for the killings was &&num;8216&semi;robbery&&num;8217&semi;&comma; Marion County authorities said <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e2f&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Suspects&comma; are juveniles and known gang members&comma; were behind a recent spate of robberies and burglaries to hit the community &&num;8211&semi; Sheriff<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Robert-Robinson-left-and-Christopher-Atkins-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436595" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"602"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Robert Robinson&comma; 17&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Christopher Atkins&comma; 12&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; remain in custody on charges related to the killings of three teenagers in Florida&period; Both face first-degree murder charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A 12-year-old boy and a 17-year-old have been arrested in the case of a Florida triple slaying&comma; with a third juvenile suspect remaining at large&period;  <br>Robert Robinson&comma; 17&comma; and Christopher Atkins&comma; 12&comma; allegedly confessed to one of the shootings which have rocked the small town of Ocklawaha&comma; and authorities have launched an urgent manhunt for a third suspect&comma; 16-year-old Tahj Brewton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Tahj-Brewton-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436602" width&equals;"644" height&equals;"573"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Marion County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office is asking for the public&&num;8217&semi;s help finding 16-year-old Tahj Brewton&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; the third suspect in murders of three teenagers in <strong>in the town of Ocklawaha&comma;<&sol;strong> Florida last week<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Layla Silvernail&comma; 16&comma; Camille Quarles&comma; 16&comma; and an unidentified 17-year-old victim last week were last week shot together in a car before being dumped over a span of three days within a 5-mile radius&period; <br>Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told a press conference Friday that the motive for the killings was &&num;8216&semi;robbery&&num;8217&semi;&comma; as he revealed that one of the perpetrators is still on the loose&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I will get him&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Woods said&comma; adding that the killers were juveniles and known gang members&period; <br>The sheriff said the teenagers were behind a recent spate of robberies and burglaries to hit the small Florida community&comma; before declaring&colon; &&num;8216&semi;There is no honor among thieves&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Layla-Silvernail-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436143" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"507"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Layla Silvernail&comma; 16&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found shot in the head and left in a dumpster&comma; but still alive&period; She later died in hospital<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Detectives were able to determine that the three teenage victims were together prior to their murders in a vehicle owned by Silvernail&comma; before they were dumped in different locations over a three-day period&period;  <br>16-year-old Silvernail was still alive when she was discovered last Thursday night shot in the head and left in a dumpster near Forest Lakes Park&period; She later died in hospital&period; <br>The grisly discovery was followed hours later when an unnamed 17-year-old victim was found less than a mile away on the side of a road&period; A third victim&comma; 16-year-old Camille Quarles&comma; was found Saturday inside Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s car&comma; which was partially submerged in a pond&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Camille-Quarles-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436599" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"689"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Camille Quarles&comma; 16&comma; was found Saturday inside the trunk Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s car&comma; which was partially submerged in a pond&period; She had been shot&period; Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods Friday said investigations suggest that Quarles was there &&num;8216&semi;of her own free will&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Detectives working on the case of the three teenagers who were found shot to death between Thursday and Saturday last week in separate locations&comma; said knew each other and the case may have connections to what Sheriff Woods called a &&num;8220&semi;wannabe gang&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>On Thursday&comma; a 16-year-old girl&comma; later identified as Layla Silvernail&comma; was found laying on the side of a road near Forest Lakes Park in Ocklawaha&comma; Florida&period; She had been shot and was taken to the hospital in critical condition&comma; where she later died&period;<br>A day later&comma; Marion County deputies responded to call found a 17-year-old boy with gunshot wounds laying on the side of the road&period; He was pronounced dead at the scene&period; His name was being withheld at the request of the family&period;<br>On Saturday&comma; deputies responding to the call of a vehicle that was partially submerged at the edge of a lake&comma; found a third person&comma; 16-year-old Camille Quarles&comma; inside the vehicle&&num;8217&semi;s trunk&period; She had been shot and dead&period; Sheriff Woods said based on interviews and digital evidence from her phone&comma; the victim was there &&num;8220&semi;on her own free will&period;&&num;8221&semi; The Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office revealed that the tree teens were all shot on Thursday&comma; March 30&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Billy-Woods-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436152" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"484"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; announced arrests in the teen triple-homicide case on Friday morning&period; He said the motive behind the killings was robbery &&num;8211&semi; perpetrated by a &&num;8216&semi;wannabe gang&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The close proximity of the killings led to fears that a serial killer may be on the loose in Ocklawaha&comma; Florida&comma; however police were quick to rule out that theory&period;<br>An urgent investigation was launched following the grisly discoveries&comma; with law enforcement describing the killings as an &&num;8216&semi;isolated incident&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>After Silvernail and Quarles were identified as the victims&comma; the identity of the third victim has not been released because their family have enacted their right of Marsy&&num;8217&semi;s Law&comma; which allows crime victims or their families to request their names be withheld from public documents&period; <br>Detectives have been trying to piece together the triple murders that occurred last week over three days&period; They said the three teenagers&comma; who were found shot to death between Thursday and Saturday last week in separate locations&comma; knew each other&period; <br>The three killers in the case may have connections to what Woods called a &&num;8220&semi;wannabe gang&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Layla-Silvernail-was-found-in-a-dumpster-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436146" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"407"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Silvernail the first victim was found&comma; still alive&comma; inside this dumpster in Marion&comma; County Florida&period; All tree victims were shot on Thursday&comma; March 30<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Layla-Silvernails-car&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436610" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"395"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Layla Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s white Chevy Cruze was seen driving away after hitting a dumpster&comma; but cops say the vehicle was been driven by one of the suspects after they had killed her&period; Initially the car had six occupants&comma; the killers and the victims&comma; before three wound up dead<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">One of the unidentified victims was later revealed to have been wearing all black clothing with a black mask covering his face when he was found dead&period; <br>The 17-year-old boy was sprawled on the side of a dirt road where a a 17-year-old girl says she stumbled over the horror on her way to catch a school bus early Friday morning&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I was walking with my brother and I found the guy… he was not breathing&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the student&comma; who would only give her name as Khatia&comma;said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;He was laying on his side and was wearing a black hoodie&comma; black shirt&comma; black pants and black shoes&period; He had the hoodie over his head and he had a black mask up over his face&period; I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t see his face&period; You could only see his eyes&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Layla-Silvernail-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436600" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"972"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Layla Silvernail was home schooled and a talented player in the local softball league<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">During a live interview on Thursday Sheriff Woods said Layla Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s car was seen on surveillance video prior to the incident and moments afterwards&period; <br>According to Woods&comma; a witness who called in&comma; heard gunshots and then saw the vehicle role and strike the dumpster where the first victim was found&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s when all three victims were killed and the suspects fled in Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s car&comma; Woods said&period;<br>Investigators said the vehicle&comma; a white Chevrolet Cruze that belonged to Silvernail&comma; carried six individuals at the time of the shooting &&num;8211&semi; the three victims and three suspects&period;<br>Two of the suspects were identified as Robert Robinson&comma; 17&comma; and Christopher Atkins&comma; 12&comma; who both face first-degree murder charges&period; Robinson was arrested the morning after the murder&comma; already in custody at a juvenile holding facility&comma; and Atkins was arrested Thursday at his house via a search warrant&comma; according to the sheriff’s office&period;<br>The sheriff said he was investigating multiple suspects in the case&comma; adding that he believes the perpetrators knew the victims&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s multiple suspects&period; More than two&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&comma; maintaining that the suspects may be gang-related&period; <br>Woods called for calm in the tiny Florida town&comma; during the investigation as he insisted that the idea there is a serial killer out there is &&num;8216&semi;far from the truth&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I know this is a very close community and many of you are very concerned&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Someone out there knows something&period; We want you to have truthful information and not rumors&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Layla-Silvernail-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-436147" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"805"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Silvernail&&num;8217&semi;s family decided to donate her organs &&num;8216&semi;so she can help others in the wake of this tragedy&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Tributes have poured in for Silvernail after she was named as the first victim in the case&period; <br>The 16-year-old was described by her friends and family as a talented softball player&period; Her family decided to donate her organs &&num;8216&semi;so she can help others in the wake of this tragedy&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the teen&&num;8217&semi;s softball league wrote on the fundraising page&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She is the definition of a team player and an amazing athlete&comma;&&num;8217&semi; they said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She loved the game of softball&comma; was a great pitcher and could play any position her team needed&period; She uplifted all of her teammates&excl;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She has been taken from us too soon and will be greatly missed&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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