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Originally Posted by senior citizen
I've said I felt safe there. TV is also surrounded by other towns.
We know where Ocala is; to the north of the Villages.
Summerfield, where the teenaged murderers were located (now in prison) is fairly close to The Villages......I just looked it up on MapQuest:
US-27 N to SE Highway 42 8.75 miles
13 mins / 14 mins based on current traffic
Summerfield is in Marion County........ditto, some of The Villages is located in Marion County. Our rental home was in Marion County.
If some unruly teens can "get to" Brownwood....then other teens or young adults can surely drive from Summerfield (if they chose to) to The Villages.
I remember when this all happened. It was a planned gruesome murder.
What kind of families did they come from? I wonder.
One of the girls just had her trial. Obviously, they've aged, but at the time of the crime they were 15, 16, 17 and 18.....I believe there were six of them who lured the 15 year old to a home........I won't repeat the details which are in the newspaper article.........posted elsewhere.
Had I not read the Ocala newspaper, I would not have been aware of it.......but that doesn't mean it never happened.
I would just have been living in la la land.
At the time I inquired of the realtors in Spruce Creek and Stone Crest.
At first they said that they had never heard of it. What????
They lived in Summerfield.
Finally, they "remembered" the murder.....and the gruesome details of cutting up the body, burning the body parts in the backyard fire pit and then disposing of the body in pails??? Oh, they also broke his knees.
I can see why some posters have stated they felt uneasy with the teens at Brownwood.
One thing I know........if a group of teenagers that age managed to carry out a MURDER as gruesome as that in our town......EVERYONE would have known about it within the time they were captured......and everyone would have been following the events leading up to the trial. And, last but not least, everyone would have been HORRIFIED.
That boy didn't deserve to die like that , at the hands of his "friends" just because his 15 year old girlfriend was ticked off at him. The article is posted elsewhere.
Sad but true.........those kids weren't studying hard to get into a good university.
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Senior Citizen, I think a couple of days ago you were inquiring about Indialantic By the Sea. If the crime in and surrounding The Villages is bothersome, you might want to cross Brevard County off of your list. Indialantic is just across the river from a high crime area where drugs, shootings and murder happen on a regular basis.. Just about 1-2 miles away. In the past couple of years one of the biggest prescription drug rings was busted right in Indialantic FL. Just saying... I think we are in a great place in The Villages! But crime is everywhere!