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Lake Wales, Florida (WTSP) — The massive manhunt for a robbery suspect in Polk County, Florida is over. Thirty year old Leon Davis Jr. turned himself into Sheriff's Deputies after being accused of setting two women on fire while robbing a Lake Wales insurance business. A third person who heard screams was shot in the face while trying to render aid. Police say the first calls for help came in around 3:15 Thursday afternoon.
“This was a heartless situation and words can't describe the feelings we have that he's in custody and off the street now,” said Lake Wales Police Detective Captain Troy Schulez. “The search for him was in my career unprecedented in Lake Wales with the number of officers and deputies out looking.”
Witnesses believe Davis may have bound the hands of the two employees with duct tape before dousing them with gasoline and setting them on fire. The two women are identified as 27-year-old Yvonne Bustamante and 23-year-old Juanita Luciano. A friend says Luciano was six months pregnant with a baby boy.
“He put them on the floor when he lit them up,” said Alex Franco who owns a restaurant next door to the insurance business.
His wife was working inside at the time and heard the screams followed by gunfire.
“When somebody tries to kill you for a couple thousand dollars, it's just insane. They deserve whatever they give him,” Franco said.
Police say a city road worker, 34-year-old Brandon Greisman, heard screams and was shot in the face by Davis when he tried to help save the women. He was expected to be OK but would need surgery to repair his face Friday morning.
The two burn victims were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with burns over 90 percent of their body. Police say Luciano underwent and emergency C-Section, but there was no word on the condition of her newborn infant.
Davis is now in the Polk County Jail facing three counts of attempted murder.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Robbery Suspect Sets Two Women on Fire During Crime
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