Updated - Breaking News - Walton County Officials Working Apparent Homicide Investigation
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Posted by: Stephen Crews
Date: Jul 23 2010 1:46 PM
Walton County deputies have been at a location in Holmes County, Florida with an apparent homicide victim.
Details are extremely sketchy at this time..
Walton County authorities had been conducting a search of some type since about 3 a.m. according to reports.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
UPDATED - PRESS RELEASE ISSUED
For Immediate Release Contact: Camile Cox, Public Information Officer Phone: 850-401-4612(cell) Email: ccox@waltonso.org
Homicide Suspect Arrested Walton County, FL (July 23, 2010) – Walton County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrest warrants on Ira Alexander Randall on one count of open murder investigating a suspicious incident that occurred on Wednesday evening. Wednesday evening Walton County Sheriff’s Office investigators received a tip of a possible battery at a residence located on German Club Road. Investigators discovered evidence indicating the victim had been severely injured however the victim could not be located. Information obtained during the investigation and with the assistance of Holmes County Sheriff’s Office the remains of the victim were recovered in the Gritney Community in Holmes County. Ira Alexander Randall, 32 has now been charged with one open count of murder. The victim has been identified as Robert James Dickens, 45 years-old of Ponce De Leon. The suspect is presently being held in the Holmes County Jail awaiting transfer to Walton County to answer the charge of murder. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, US Marshalls, State Attorney Office, and Holmes County Sheriff’s Office assisted in this investigation.
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