FL - Two women murdered on Tamiami Trail on diff days, Sarasota, Feb-Mar'22 *Arrest*

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So far, there is only one case so perhaps they haven't charged him yet with the second victim's murder. Due back in court 6/15/22.

Case Number:

2022 CF 003626 NC

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I hope he burns in hell......

State Attorney: Murder suspect dies in Sarasota jail

Police have now closed both murder cases

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The man suspected in the deaths of two women in wooded areas along U.S. 41 died Sunday morning of apparent natural causes in the Sarasota County Jail.

William Devonshire was facing charges in the death of 48-year-old Kelliann Ripley. Ripley was found dead in Centennial Park Feb. 25. The medical examiner found that Ripley died due to blunt force trauma and manual strangulation.

Sarasota Police also believed that Devonshire was a strong suspect in a second death -- The body of Vickie Levitch was found on Tamiami Trail March 10. Levitch also died from asphyxiation by strangulation, investigators said.

 

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So basically, assisted suicide. What a coward. He knew without those meds, he’d die. Why couldn’t the force him to take them via IV or something. Disgusting.

Evidence was mounting in murder cases before suspect’s death, detectives say

Police were set to charge the suspect in a second murder

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William Devonshire died June 5 in the Sarasota County Jail after being treated for a brain bleed caused by a head injury last month during a epileptic seizure, authorities said.

Devonshire had refused to take medication while in jail, Sarasota Police Detective Kim Laster said at a news conference Monday.

After the seizure, doctors at Sarasota Memorial Hospital determined treatment would not be beneficial and Devonshire was returned to the jail May 27 and placed in hospice care before he died Sunday morning, Laster said.

 

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MSN

The Sarasota Police Department announced that DNA evidence was connected to a man in the murder of a Sarasota woman.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded in a report that DNA evidence from a killing in March connected to William Devonshire, 59. Devonshire also was arrested in connection to the murder of a second woman in February. He died in jail in June due to a medical-related illness.

"We had indisputable evidence that linked Devonshire to both homicides that occurred in February and March," said Captain Johnathan Todd, Sarasota Police Department Criminal Investigations Division. "Thanks to our partners at the FDLE, we expedited the DNA processing following the homicide in February, and we were able to arrest the suspect. Now, thanks to DNA evidence, we know Devonshire is responsible for both homicides."