Since then, Hyde had been staying with his relatives, the Pitts, in Lehigh Acres. Her husband said that he was on the phone with his wife when he heard her say “Brian!” He then called a family friend who went to the home and discovered the bodies.
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According to the prepared statement, Dorla and Starlette Pitts lived in the home and Michael Kelly was the boyfriend of Starlette and the father of the 18-month-old toddler found alive. He was caught driving without a license. She is believed to be the daughter of the Lehigh Senior High School students Starlett and Michael who were brutally murdered in the adjacent room, according to NBC News. Yglesias would not comment on any prior contact the agency has had with Hyde in terms of prior deportations or entries to the U.S., citing privacy policies.
Lee County police was immediately called to the “extremely violent and bloody crime scene” and concluded that all three victims appeared to have been stabbed to death. “All homicide scenes are normally violent, but even for us, this scene was what we consider nearly unimaginable”.
He said there is evidence all the victims tried to defend themselves.
Linking the killing of the victims and the unborn baby to Hyde came after officers with the Fort Myers Police Department stopped a vehicle at 2501 Ortiz Ave. on August. 11, the same day as the murders.
As investigators were processing the crime scene, officers arrested Dorla Pitts’ nephew, 19-year-old Brian Omar Hyde, for driving on the wrong side of the road.
LCSO is still investigating a motive. Myers. He was now wanted in Belize in connection to a robbery of a cell phone store.
The sheriff’s office said the accused illegally entered the US from Belize through Texas about seven months ago.
Hyde is related to the two Pitts women; Dorla was his aunt, Starlette, a cousin. Reports show Hyde was a suspect in a double murder in 2013, but was never charged. He was only charged with a lesser crime of “handling stolen goods”.
During Hyde’s first court appearance, according to media partner WINK News, a public defender said Hyde is a suspect in another case. Both men were found decapitated and dismembered.
Hyde was found covered in human blood on his fignres, shoes and trousers.
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As for Brian Hyde, he remains in Lee County Jail and faces trial here.
