Two minors have been arrested in connection with a shocking triple homicide in Florida that left a trio of teens dead in a rural area of the state last week, police announced Friday.
An emotional Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said the victims and their alleged killers were known to each other prior to the carnage — and the group had been taking part in burglaries before the violence exploded.
“There’s no honor among thieves,” Woods said. “At some point, these three individuals turned on our three victims and murdered them.”
He also vowed “I’ll get him,” of a third assailant, who is still at large.
The first victim, 16-year-old softball standout Layla Silvernail, was found dead after being dumped on the side of the road on March 30.
A 17-year-old boy was discovered the following morning on a roadway roughly a half-mile away, Woods said.
The third victim — a teen girl — was found in the trunk of Silvernail’s car after it had been located in a pond 9 miles away from where she was initially dumped, according to police.
“They fled the scenes but left a lot of evidence in their wake,” Woods said.
Police declined to give a detailed timeline of events, but indicated all six juveniles were traveling in Silvernail’s car together at some point.
