Florida - Brevard County - Florida man arrested after human remains found in suitcases "saturated by vultures" - March 31, 2026

[PatLaurel]

Lucas Jones was arrested Sunday and booked into the Brevard County Jail on charges including abuse of a dead human body, improper disposal of human remains, and tampering with evidence in a criminal proceeding, records showed.​

Florida man arrested after human remains found in suitcases ‘saturated by vultures,' cops say

Investigators learned Jones was associated with a missing person report for 28-year-old Colie Lee Daniel, who'd been reported missing by his mother on March 22, the report said.

 

[PatLaurel]

https://people.com/teen-allegedly-s...d-these-chilling-words-to-girlfriend-11943519

Police allege Lucas Sander Jones, 19, targeted and killed Colie Lee Daniel, 28, by beating him with a baseball bat and then cutting up his body.

Besides telling detectives that Jones had confessed to killing Daniel, she also provided details about evidence law enforcement had not yet uncovered, including how Jones allegedly saved some of Daniel’s blood to put on microscope slides, the amended affidavit says.

The Florida teen accused of killing and dismembering a man, stuffing his remains in bags and leaving them in a desolate field targeted the victim because he was a registered sex offender, police allege in an amended affidavit.

On Wed., April 1, Jones was arrested again and this time, charged with first-degree murder.

 

[Gemmie]

A lot to unpack from your MSM, including stupidity IMO.

• Human remains could be seen inside [the suitcase], along with personal belongings and an Amazon box addressed to Lucas at his home in Indialantic
• A second suitcase also containing human remains was found nearby
  • Which begs the question... Is it a 2nd body or Colie's dismembered body?
• Jones' girlfriend, who said she saw Daniel at Jones' home on March 20, lying on a bed appearing to be sleeping or unconscious
• She said Jones made several attempts to wake Daniel up but she said she never saw Daniel stand or regain consciousness
• he went to use the bathroom and when she came back Daniel was gone, and Jones told her Daniel had left
• the next day, James told her to drive him to the "Compound," where she saw Jones remove two gray tote containers and discard them in separate locations
• Jones' girlfriend also said she didn't recall seeing two black suitcases she'd remembered seeing in Jones' home and believed they were also discarded at the "Compound,"
• When investigators searched Jones' home, they found blood stains in several locations, the report said.
• A kitchen knife found in one of the suitcases at the "Compound" was also the same type of knife that was found in Jones' home

Florida man arrested after human remains found in suitcases ‘saturated by vultures,' cops say

A 19-year-old Florida man was arrested after suitcases containing human remains were found in Palm Bay, police said.

www.nbcmiami.com

 

[Gemmie]

https://people.com/teen-allegedly-s...d-these-chilling-words-to-girlfriend-11943519

Police allege Lucas Sander Jones, 19, targeted and killed Colie Lee Daniel, 28, by beating him with a baseball bat and then cutting up his body.

Besides telling detectives that Jones had confessed to killing Daniel, she also provided details about evidence law enforcement had not yet uncovered, including how Jones allegedly saved some of Daniel’s blood to put on microscope slides, the amended affidavit says.

The Florida teen accused of killing and dismembering a man, stuffing his remains in bags and leaving them in a desolate field targeted the victim because he was a registered sex offender, police allege in an amended affidavit.

On Wed., April 1, Jones was arrested again and this time, charged with first-degree murder.

Well, that answers my Q if his body was dismembered or not. If his GF was there, as the article says, she'd HAVE TO know more cuz a trip to the bathroom with him being unresponsive on the bed before she went in, and then "gone" when she came out... isn't enough time for someone to dismember a body without her knowing or hearing something. JMO!

 

[Gemmie]

Besides telling detectives that Jones had confessed to killing Daniel, she also provided details about evidence law enforcement had not yet uncovered, including how Jones allegedly saved some of Daniel’s blood to put on microscope slides, the amended affidavit says.

BBMFF

Errrrr... why?

 

[PatLaurel]

FDLE - Sexual Offender and Predator System

 

[PatLaurel]

BECA Splash

Case Number: 05-2026-CF-023412-AXXX-BC

 

[Clearsky]

Teen kept blood on microscope slides like 'Dexter' after killing, cutting up sex offender: Cops

A Florida teen allegedly told his girlfriend "I killed somebody and cut him up" after murdering a man, dismembering him, and then collecting the victim's blood to keep on microscope slides.

lawandcrime.com

Lucas Jones, 19, of Indialantic, claimed in a conversation with the girlfriend that he wanted to murder Colie Daniel, 28, because he was a registered sex offender who was living in his neighborhood, an arrest affidavit states. Online records show that Daniel was, in fact, a sex offender convicted in 2018 of lewd or lascivious battery with a victim 12 to 15 years of age.