Episode 44 LaQuetta Gunther, Julie Green, and Iwana Patton Parts 1 & 2
In late 2005 and early 2006, the city of Daytona Beach was haunted by a serial killer. LaQuetta Gunther was found the day after Christmas, shot in the head. Weeks later, Julie Green was found, also shot in the head. And then Iwana Patton. The cases were eerily similar, and a multi-agency investigative task force tried to track down the Daytona Beach Killer. For nearly two years he was dormant before another possible victim was killed in late 2007. Then, nothing – until the murder of Rachel Bey in Palm Beach County in 2016. A CODIS hit confirmed what investigators feared – this guy was still operating; he had just changed his hunting grounds. Fears he would continue to kill prompted the use of forensic genealogy to identify three brothers as possible suspects, one of whom lived in Daytona in 2005 and 2006. His name was Robert Tyrone Hayes. His arrest put a stop to the murders, and gave some resolution to LaQuetta, Julie, and Iwana’s families.
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