The most horrific crime in our area in a long time
December 14, 2007 at 11:12 am by Wayne GarciaThe terrible details of a Lake Wales robbery-gone-wrong is the kind of Florida evilness that makes you wonder if there is any good land left to buy in Montana:
A witness described seeing the women fleeing the building with their clothes and skin burned off. One of the women was six months pregnant and went into labor after the attack. We were all sickened by it, but one of our otherwise focused  young producers seemed particularly rattled. No wonder- He’s human, and the husband of a young woman expecting their first child.
The alleged robber turned himself in. Here is a succession of mug shots from the Polk County jail, where Leon Davis Jr. has often found himself, mostly for larceny charges — until yesterday.
