Authorities say a man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two northeast Florida boys. Mark Wilson Jr. was arrested late Thursday. According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the mother of 12-year-old Robert Baker and 14-year-old Tayten Baker found their bodies when she woke up on Wednesday morning.A younger sibling was not harmed. Investigators say Mark Wilson Jr., is well known to the Baker family. He is awaiting his first appearance in court for the charges. The boys’ father is a long-distance trucker and wasn’t home at the time.State Attorney R.J. Larizza said during a Friday morning news conference that Wilson “attacked those two kids without mercy.” Sheriff H.D. “Gator” DeLoach says investigators found the murder weapons — a knife and hammer. The family had moved to the area 16 days ago.
MELROSE, Fla. —
Authorities say a man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two northeast Florida boys.
Mark Wilson Jr. was arrested late Thursday.
According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the mother of 12-year-old Robert Baker and 14-year-old Tayten Baker found their bodies when she woke up on Wednesday morning.
A younger sibling was not harmed.
Investigators say Mark Wilson Jr., is well known to the Baker family. He is awaiting his first appearance in court for the charges.
The boys’ father is a long-distance trucker and wasn’t home at the time.
State Attorney R.J. Larizza said during a Friday morning news conference that Wilson “attacked those two kids without mercy.”
Sheriff H.D. “Gator” DeLoach says investigators found the murder weapons — a knife and hammer. The family had moved to the area 16 days ago.
