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Florida investigators hunt for unusual weapons in brutal 1994 attack, murder

March 12, 2015 / 03:45

This episode discusses a violent home invasion involving a dagger and a gun, focusing on the experiences of victims Bunny and Bob. Key topics include the unusual design of the dagger, the psychological state of the assailant, and the discovery that the gun was a prop.

Bunny recounts her terrifying encounter with the assailant, describing how he used the dagger to prick her scalp before stabbing her. She details the physical and emotional control he exerted over her during the attack.

Bob shares his observations of the assailant's gun, noting its unusual appearance and the sound it made when a clip fell to the floor. He reflects on the realization that the weapon was not real.

The episode highlights the psychological aspects of the assailant's behavior, suggesting that the pricking of Bunny's scalp may have been a way for him to build courage before committing the act.

Investigators later confirmed that the gun was a prop used in theater, which adds an unexpected twist to the story of the home invasion.

TLDR

Bunny and Bob recount a violent home invasion involving a dagger and a prop gun, revealing psychological elements of the assailant's behavior.

Episode

3:45
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how would you describe the knife well the knife was a dagger it you know was it had you know sharp edges on both
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sides but what's unusual about the knife is a knife has a hilt on it okay and that's you know where the blade drops
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into the handle there's a a cross piece okay and that was very unusual because it was a gold chain that was basically
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you know inter wound or Twisted together that was the hilt the hilt and was he holding it like this the way you would a
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dagger is it down he wasn't holding it like this I'm pretty sure he was holding it like this with a gun was pointing at
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me at that point he stood in the family room right there and I think investigators interviewed Bunny and Bob
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12 days after the attack bunny demonstrates how she was forced to lay down on the floor he comes up and he's
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got a knee on me and he's pushing me down and he knows I can't go any further down and he's got the knife and he's
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pricking the top of my skull he had a real relationship with that dagger he starts pricking my scalp all over and I
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start whining and saying ow ow ow you know cuz it really hurt but he wasn't breaking the skin at that point and uh
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then he started stabbing me he was building it was the the anxiety was building or whatever was wrong with him
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was building bunny you said that you pushed your head with uh down where was T the night he was controlling the top
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of my head with pricking my scalp and for the first time his agitation was coming out through one of his weapons
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and I knew he was controlling me with the knife it what do you make of the fact that the as salent was kind of
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pricking bunny on the head before he stabbed her well it could be that getting enough uh courage to do it a lot
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of people do hesitation before they kill themselves with a knife or something you'll see hesitation marks where
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they've cut their wrist kind of practicing and then they do it maybe they haven't killed anybody before maybe
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they didn't intend to kill anybody when they came and now they're thinking they're going to have to and they're
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getting up the nerve to do it so they take a few exploratory stabs and then figure out they can do it and then to go
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ahead and do it the Intruder also carried a gun similar to this one the gun looked like a a 9 M 45 caliber
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something like that like a an army gun kind of looking gun a uh uh a squared up kind of thing
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wasn't a smooth looking gun it was Square well the only thing I can think of is the gun was dark and the gun
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didn't glimmer just walking back and forth something real interesting happened is the clip out of his gun had
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come out how I don't know cuz my back's turned this way all I can remember and seeing a clip hit the floor right here
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Bob says he then realized something strange about that gun when he dro the clip on the floor I mean you of course
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I'm looking this way I'm looking right at it and it's dark in here and and I couldn't tell if there was any bullets
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in the clip it did not sound like a full clip would I would think sound in my mind if you guys took a clip that and
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dropped on the floor instead of a a thud sound like thud it's all solid it gave kind of a a Tenny kind of sound like a
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hollow sound yeah like a hollow Tenny sound it turned out not to be a Le a weapon at all investigators were able to
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identify it when a magazine was found at the scene it's actually a prop made by brixia it fires blanks and is used in
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the theater and movies

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  • 80
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  • 80
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  • 75
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Episode Highlights

  • The Dagger's Unusual Hilt
    The knife had a unique hilt made of twisted gold chain, unusual for a dagger.
    “What's unusual about the knife is a knife has a hilt on it.”
    @ 00m 09s
    March 12, 2015
  • Bunny's Terrifying Experience
    Bunny recounts being forced down and threatened with a knife during the attack.
    “He's got a knee on me and he's pushing me down.”
    @ 00m 44s
    March 12, 2015
  • The Prop Gun Revelation
    Investigators discover the gun was actually a prop that fires blanks, not a real weapon.
    “It turned out not to be a real weapon at all.”
    @ 03m 30s
    March 12, 2015

Episode Quotes

  • He had a real relationship with that dagger.
    Florida investigators hunt for unusual weapons in brutal 1994 attack, murder
  • His agitation was coming out through one of his weapons.
    Florida investigators hunt for unusual weapons in brutal 1994 attack, murder
  • It could be that getting enough courage to do it.
    Florida investigators hunt for unusual weapons in brutal 1994 attack, murder

Key Moments

  • The Intruder's Control01:41
  • Hesitation Before Violence01:51
  • Prop Gun Discovery03:30

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