{"id":1390774,"date":"2022-03-20T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390774"},"modified":"2022-03-20T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T21:29:58","slug":"2-arrested-after-florida-man-found-dead-in-trunk-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-arrested-after-florida-man-found-dead-in-trunk-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Arrested After Florida Man Found Dead in Trunk, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-arrested-after-florida-man-found-dead-in-trunk-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390774&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Authorities say they have arrested two suspects after finding a missing Florida man dead in the trunk of his car in a Walgreens parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCoSheriff\/posts\/340554774782281\">announced<\/a> Saturday that Melvin Ray Wilcox, 39, last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCoSheriff\/posts\/339639968207095\">seen<\/a> on March 15, was found in the trunk of his Honda Civic late Friday. WKMG-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2022\/03\/19\/2-arrested-after-missing-man-found-dead-inside-trunk-of-vehicle-deputies-say\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0the vehicle was located in a Walgreens parking lot near North Lane and Pine Hills Road in Orlando. The Orange County Medical Examiner determined Wilcox died via homicide, noting a gunshot wound to the head and two gunshot wounds to the shoulder and neck region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCoSheriff\/posts\/340554774782281\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064832824804\/posts\/340554774782281\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>UPDATE: Sadly, we must report that Melvin Wilcox was found deceased in the trunk of his car late Friday. OCSO Homicide\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCoSheriff\">Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Florida<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064832824804\/posts\/340554774782281\/\">Saturday, March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOCSO Homicide detectives have arrested Johnny Wesley and Lashawn Triplett for First Degree Murder with a firearm,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20287370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/wesley-triplett-png-1647780236.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Johnny Wesley, 42, and Lashawn Triplett, 43, who were arrested Saturday, March 19, 2022. (Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An affidavit for an arrest warrant obtained by WKMG-TV states that Wilcox\u00a0\u2014 who fathered a child with Triplett, 43, and was friends with Wesley, 42 \u2014 encountered the pair at the Central Florida fair on March 13. Wilcox and Wesley allegedly argued, as Wesley never told Wilcox that he and Triplett were dating for about a year, deputies said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim allegedly informed his mother that on March 15 he would be visiting another friend, but his mother told deputies that after contacting the friend later in the day she learned he never showed up, according to WKMG-TV. Wilcox\u2019s mother got in touch with Wesley, who said he and Wilcox got into another fight after the 39-year-old showed up at his house, deputies said. Wesley allegedly said the battery to Wilcox\u2019s Honda Civic had died, so he jumped it, and Wilcox left. She was unsuccessful in attempts of calling her son, as the calls were going directly to voicemail, deputies said.<\/p>\n<p>WKMG-TV reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-bdVaJa dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 cynzxG\">An undisclosed time later, deputies arrived at Wesley\u2019s home after Wilcox\u2019s mother reported her son\u2019s car stolen and provided authorities with Wesley\u2019s address. Upon reviewing security footage from an undisclosed source, detectives moved to intensify their investigation and to draft a search warrant for the property \u201cin the event Melvin (was) located deceased\u201d regarding the suspicious nature of his disappearance, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-bdVaJa dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 cynzxG\">In the course of 10 hours of surveillance video, detectives said Wilcox was seen arriving to and entering Wesley\u2019s house around 2 a.m., but not leaving it in the same way. About two hours after Wilcox was seen walking through the front door, detectives said several people were observed attempting to move Wilcox\u2019s car, which they had to start with jumper cables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-bdVaJa dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 cynzxG\">About an hour later, the Civic was backed up through the front yard to the door of the residence, all of the lights in the house were turned off and a man was seen driving the car away, detectives said. After another hour, Wesley was seen walking back to the house and loading two large trash bags into his own vehicle before driving away, returning within 15 minutes, detectives said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-bdVaJa dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 cynzxG\">Based on the surveillance video, detectives said it was likely Wilcox was killed inside the residence before his body was stuffed into his Civic, which was ditched at the Walgreens parking lot, according to WKMG-TV. Detectives said they executed a search warrant at the residence and located blood remnants, bullet holes, and a 9mm shell casing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-bdVaJa dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 cynzxG\">Both Wesley and Wilcox were set to appear in court Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities say they have arrested two suspects after finding a missing Florida man dead in the trunk of his car in a Walgreens parking lot. 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