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Florida Highway Patrol received a call that they believe might have been an accident there was a vehicle in a
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parking lot that was uh crashed into the front side of a storefront and the tires
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were spinning on the concrete pavement they force open a window and they encounter Robert Berton paramedics at
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that time did not know whether he was unconscious due to a crash or something else we know that uh Mr Burton consumed
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a large amount of sleeping pills in some type of attempt to commit suicide he transported him to Bay at Point Hospital
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upon his arrival they placed him into restraints in Robert Burton's possession he had her keys and her cell phone it
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was ultimately learned that uh several items of evidentiary value were located inside Mr Burton's vehicle to include
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there was aluminum baseball bat a hatchet uh a pocket style knife there was the sheath to a larger knife uh a
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screwdriver we went to see Mr Burt in the hospital two days after this happened we read him as rights and he
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agreed to talk to us we asked him if he knew why we were there and he said he had hurt somebody it just seemed that
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Robert was in an accepting phase and he felt like he wanted to tell those detectives what he did and why this is
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your opportunity to tell us what happened okay we're trying to find out if there's some hard ass here that goes
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around killing people or if there's some kind of misunderstanding you you're pissed off about something all right you
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got witness saw you stabbing her get off her go to your truck to get another weapon that's why we need to know what
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happened did you intend to kill her why would you go to your truck and get another weapon huh don't well you did
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that didn't you yes I deny that just what were you so pissed off about everything Robert Burton
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ultimately confessed to his actions I think Robert Burton in his mind felt that he loved
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Melissa and I think he felt that this was his way that no one else can be with her any person that can stab someone up
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close and personal over 30 times doesn't have any respect for life at all and no amount of time is going to
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change that for Robert