Skip to comments.
A veteran pulled over to help a stuck truck. Its driver was a hit man hired to kill him.
Wahington Post ^
| September 7, 2018
| Taylor Telford
Posted on 09/10/2018 7:22:32 AM PDT by artichokegrower
When police found Carlos Cruz-Echevarria dead near his home last Veterans Day, he was lying face down in a ditch, shot multiple times in the head. Beside him was a truck stuck in the mud. Later, the 60-year-old army veteran’s car was found several miles away, torched. It seemed like a random, senseless killing: authorities thought Cruz-Echevarria had been robbed and left for dead after stopping to help a stranger on a Daytona Beach roadside. But a year-long investigation has revealed that it was anything but random.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: brianhenderson; carloscruzechevarria; daytonabeach; districtofcolumbia; florida; kelseymcfoley; melissariosroque; michaelchitwood; ms13; orangecounty; roadrage; taylortelford; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
In a savage stroke of fate, a passing driver stopped to help him out: Cruz-Echevarria. As he bent to inspect the truck, authorities said, Bascom shot him multiple times in the head.
Murdered on Veteran's Day.
To: artichokegrower
a murder-for-hire plot to keep Cruz-Echevarria from testifying in a road-rage case.
2
posted on
09/10/2018 7:25:14 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: artichokegrower
The killing was set in motion more than six months earlier, investigators say. Cruz-Echevarria honked at the car in front of him as it stood still at a green light in May 2017. The other driver, Kelsey McFoley, 28, pulled up beside Cruz-Echevarria at the next intersection and brandished a gun, investigators said at the news conference. Cruz-Echevarria managed to write down the car’s license plate number and picked McFoley out of a lineup later, authorities say.
3
posted on
09/10/2018 7:26:06 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: artichokegrower
4
posted on
09/10/2018 7:26:55 AM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: PeterPrinciple
Here in Florida, you can get the death penalty for hiring a hit man and be executed if the hit man kills someone. It has happened before.................
5
posted on
09/10/2018 7:30:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: artichokegrower
That's how they got Bonnie & Clyde.
6
posted on
09/10/2018 7:36:47 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: artichokegrower
7
posted on
09/10/2018 8:00:34 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: PLMerite
“That’s how they got Bonnie & Clyde.”
The lawmen gave the duo about the same chance they had given a couple of lawmen.
8
posted on
09/10/2018 8:31:23 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: odawg
“The lawmen gave the duo about the same chance they had given a couple of lawmen.”
Not criticizing it, just remarking on the similar tactic.
9
posted on
09/10/2018 8:33:46 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: PeterPrinciple
Is it standard for Lawyers or the courts to give their clients the address of the plaintiffs in cases where violent altercations have occurred?
10
posted on
09/10/2018 8:45:31 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: artichokegrower
Reading comments it seems there are more than a few who think these animals should receive life sentences instead of the death penalty. Who is punished then? The animals that did this with three hots a day, better medical than almost everyone, except for illegals, clean clothes, library privileges, internet.................or the taxpayers who will be out millions over these asshats lifetimes paying for it?
The death penalty isn't a deterrent because it is rarely used and then not for many years after the murder and it's just not ..........horrific enough a death for the murderer.
11
posted on
09/10/2018 8:46:45 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
Not just the Death Penalty, Public Execution, preferably by Hanging.
12
posted on
09/10/2018 8:49:49 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
To: artichokegrower
All three alleged co-conspirators were arrested Tuesday in different parts of the state, Henderson said. Bascom was trying to flee — he’d bought a one-way ticket to Texas and was going through security check at Orlando International Airport when he was arrested. Sad story of evil people killing a guy for nothing. This tidbit gave me pause. I've seen this sort of thing a lot in reports. I never understand how fugitives in flight can be so stupid as to go to the most heavily guarded place in the area, where they have to disarm, identify themselves, and then sit there essentially trapped while under constant surveillance. Dude, steal a car and drive to Texas if that's where your safe space is.
But I'm glad when evil people are stupid, makes getting them off the streets that much easier.
13
posted on
09/10/2018 8:54:31 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: odawg
14
posted on
09/10/2018 9:21:35 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
To: Mastador1
Who is punished then?
I'd take the death penalty over life in prison....
15
posted on
09/10/2018 9:37:02 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
To: artichokegrower
Man, that is “Fargo” worthy.
16
posted on
09/10/2018 10:55:11 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
Army Times:
17
posted on
09/10/2018 12:41:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson