Murder at Florida CG

[rockhillmanor]

Well just when you think you have seen it all you read something like this. :R
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190125/dismembered-body-found-in-sumter-womans-trailer

Here are 2 Florida destination CG's you might just want to take a second look at before reserving.

August- Woman staying at RV Village On Lake Panasoffkee, Florida murders her boyfriend and dismembered him and kept him in her TT.
Neighbors complained of a foul odor so she moved the TT to another CG.

September- She then moves the TT to Wickham Park CG on the Space Coast.
Where neighbors there also start to complain of a foul odor.

December- Which at that point the police get involved and got a search warrant based on a well being check. During the search, officers found Mitchell’s dismembered body in the “advanced stages of decomposition,” the press release said, dismembered in the trailer. They determined he died in August so she was living with the remains in the RV for three months!

January - A Sumter County woman is arrested and charged with murder after authorities found her missing boyfriend’s dismembered body in the couple’s travel trailer.

Both of these CG's are destination CG's for RV'ers and Snowbirds.
Here are the links for both CG's.
https://www.lakepanrvvillage.com/amenities/
http://www.visitspacecoast.com/listings/wickham-park/-campgrounds/547/

And a police report link to Wickham Park CG police reports and during surveillance a notice of all the homeless/drugs in the tenting section situated right next to Class A parking section. And how many calls for the police there are at this CG.
You might want to review this before you reserve at this CG.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2018/07/31/wickham-park-campgrounds-sparking-police-re...

[westernrvparkow]

Eric&Lisa wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:
Just another boyfriend-Girlfriend fight/murder. They happen in campgrounds. Trailer parks. Apartments. Condos. Stand alone houses. _________.

Nothing to be concerned about so long as you are not either the boyfriend or girlfriend.

Right. One event does not make a trend. But it does bear watching should other events occur.

Just because Johnny-bad-boy (or Sally-bad-girl in this case) gets caught doing one crime, does not mean other crimes were not committed. A criminal element that will commit murder will think nothing of committing lesser crimes. It is not a big stretch to tie things together if random things had been disappearing around the campgrounds, only to turn up at a metal recycler or pawn shop.

This one event is just something to file away and make note of should there be future events at these campgrounds.

-Eric

It's actually the opposite that is true. In prisons, prisoners convicted of domestic homicides are often made trustees, because the crime is committed in a moment of extreme passion. They are almost never career criminal types. In this instance, committing a murder and then keeping the body in your abode while it rots is pretty much a sign of mental disease, not criminal recidivism.

[ford_truck_guy]

CavemanCharlie wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:

ScottG wrote:
The good news is someone's going to get a great deal on a gently used trailer.

Complete with that "JUST LIVED IN SMELL"

Get some frebreeze and all will be good ! :B

I'd buy it if it was cheap enough. You would have to get rid of all the fabric in the RV and any wood that was in close proximity to the body. After that a good cleaning, some airing out, and it would be fine.

🙂 Better you than me my friend.... !:(

[CavemanCharlie]

ford truck guy wrote:

ScottG wrote:
The good news is someone's going to get a great deal on a gently used trailer.

Complete with that "JUST LIVED IN SMELL"

Get some frebreeze and all will be good ! :B

I'd buy it if it was cheap enough. You would have to get rid of all the fabric in the RV and any wood that was in close proximity to the body. After that a good cleaning, some airing out, and it would be fine.

[wanderingaimles]

Those campgrounds now have some great new ghost stories for around the campfire. They could even try raising the lot rent for the affected sites, some would pay extra for the "Ambience".

[2012Coleman]

REDRUM!

[Eric_Lisa]

wa8yxm wrote:
Just another boyfriend-Girlfriend fight/murder. They happen in campgrounds. Trailer parks. Apartments. Condos. Stand alone houses. _________.

Nothing to be concerned about so long as you are not either the boyfriend or girlfriend.

Right. One event does not make a trend. But it does bear watching should other events occur.

Just because Johnny-bad-boy (or Sally-bad-girl in this case) gets caught doing one crime, does not mean other crimes were not committed. A criminal element that will commit murder will think nothing of committing lesser crimes. It is not a big stretch to tie things together if random things had been disappearing around the campgrounds, only to turn up at a metal recycler or pawn shop.

This one event is just something to file away and make note of should there be future events at these campgrounds.

-Eric

[ford_truck_guy]

ScottG wrote:
The good news is someone's going to get a great deal on a gently used trailer.

Complete with that "JUST LIVED IN SMELL"

Get some frebreeze and all will be good ! :B

[Cloud_Dancer]

It could happen just about anywhere, even a Walmart parking lot. But, it would not stop me from overnight-ing there.

[ScottG]

The good news is someone's going to get a great deal on a gently used trailer.

[colliehauler]

And there will be a spot open up as well. Agree with others this kind of thing happens in all sorts of places, just happened it was at this location this time. I would not hesitate to stay there based on this incident.

[Tyler0215]

Why bash an RV park over something they had nothing to do with? Murders occur everywhere.

[Airdaile]

Wickham Park gets a 7.6 on campgroundreviews.com. That's just above my cutoff for CGs. Maybe I need to bump that up a little.

[wa8yxm]

Just another boyfriend-Girlfriend fight/murder. They happen in campgrounds. Trailer parks. Apartments. Condos. Stand alone houses. _________.

Nothing to be concerned about so long as you are not either the boyfriend or girlfriend.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

Dutch_12078 wrote:
I would not rule out any of the parks just based on this incident. The parks had no involvement in the crime, and in the case of the second and third parks, had no connection other than having sites available for rent. Basically, this is a crime that could have occurred anywhere in any park.

I just checked a "community crime" website - it appears you're a lot safer IN Wickham Park, than in nearby communities...LOL! It's a lovely park with a lot to do - we go there often. They have a dog park and equestrian center, so there's always a lot of people around.

[Dutch_12078]

I would not rule out any of the parks just based on this incident. The parks had no involvement in the crime, and in the case of the second and third parks, had no connection other than having sites available for rent. Basically, this is a crime that could have occurred anywhere in any park.