Three arrested in slaying of three friends headed to fishing trip, Sheriff Judd says [View all]

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Among the leads that drew detectives to the suspects were tips to the Crime Stoppers line.


Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd on Wednesday announced the arrest of three suspects in the shooting deaths of three friends near Frostproof on Friday night. [Polk County Sheriff's Office]

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said detectives have arrested two men and a woman responsible for the fatal shootings of three friends found dead while headed to a fishing trip near Frostproof on Friday night.

At a news conference Wednesday, Judd identified the suspects as Tony ”T.J.” Wiggins, 26, his girlfriend Mary Whittemore, 27, and Wiggins’ brother Robert Wiggins, 21.

Among the leads that drew detectives to the suspects were tips to the Crime Stoppers line.

“Look at T.J. Wiggins from Frostproof,” Judd quoted some of the callers saying. “Not because they had any idea he did it, just because he’s mean.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2020/07/22/three-arrested-in-slaying-three-friends-headed-to-fishing-trip-grady-judd-says/

There are a lot of mean people in this world. And I think they may end up meeting Ol' Sparky at Raiford.