Billy Mansfield killed girls and burried their
bodies in the family's yard in Weeki Wachee
Acres, Hernando County, Florida
bodies in the family's yard in Weeki Wachee
Acres, Hernando County, Florida
Jerry Lockett
defense attorney
defense attorney
Jimmy Borwn, prosecutor
Judge L. R. Huffstetler
Billy Mansfield arrested in Florida after
being found guilty of killing Renee
Salings in Santa Crutz, California
being found guilty of killing Renee
Salings in Santa Crutz, California
Gary Mansfield, Billy Mansfield's
brother, knew of the going'on at the
family's home in Weeki Wachee Acres
and of the burials that took place there.
During his three hours of testimony in
the Hernando County courtroom in
1982 Gary Mansfield chewed his
kauckles and smoked one cigarette
after another. Gary said that he once
found Billy outside with a nude woman
and a dog. Billy was trying to force the
woman at knife point to perform a sex
act.......
brother, knew of the going'on at the
family's home in Weeki Wachee Acres
and of the burials that took place there.
During his three hours of testimony in
the Hernando County courtroom in
1982 Gary Mansfield chewed his
kauckles and smoked one cigarette
after another. Gary said that he once
found Billy outside with a nude woman
and a dog. Billy was trying to force the
woman at knife point to perform a sex
act.......
Phyllis Spielmaker puffs her
cigarette while listening to
testimony during court
proceedings . Spielmake said her
former brother-in-law Terry told
her that he helped Billy bury a
body in the back yard of the
mansfield property; that Billy is
bisexual and brought home men
from gay bars so he could have
sex with them in front of her; that
Billy talked about a murder with
her while riding in a truck with his
mother and her.
cigarette while listening to
testimony during court
proceedings . Spielmake said her
former brother-in-law Terry told
her that he helped Billy bury a
body in the back yard of the
mansfield property; that Billy is
bisexual and brought home men
from gay bars so he could have
sex with them in front of her; that
Billy talked about a murder with
her while riding in a truck with his
mother and her.
Billy Mansfield during his murder trial in
Brooksville, Florida, listens but never
says a word.
Billy Mansfield, 1994, has listened
in on many hearing regarding his
case; but the convicted killer
remains prisioned in California.
in on many hearing regarding his
case; but the convicted killer
remains prisioned in California.
..... In the spring of 1981, while detectives were putting together a
case for the murder of Renee Saling in California, detectives in
Florida were doing some real digging. Actual digging. Information
had come out during trial proceedings in an unrelated Hernando
County case that bodies were buried at the mansfield homeplace.
......
As the investigation unfolded, witnesses in the case provided
information so bizarre it seemed fictionl. How could the burying of
human bodies in the Mansfield yard have been done so
indifferently? It appeared the back yard being the gravesite for
young women was a shared bit of knowledge by quite a few folks in
the area swampland. What did people think when they would hear
of a girl's body being buried at the Mansfield place? What was
going through their minds? After all, it wasn't like a team of
detectives went out and uncovered bodies of murdered girls in
somebody's back yard everyday....
case for the murder of Renee Saling in California, detectives in
Florida were doing some real digging. Actual digging. Information
had come out during trial proceedings in an unrelated Hernando
County case that bodies were buried at the mansfield homeplace.
......
As the investigation unfolded, witnesses in the case provided
information so bizarre it seemed fictionl. How could the burying of
human bodies in the Mansfield yard have been done so
indifferently? It appeared the back yard being the gravesite for
young women was a shared bit of knowledge by quite a few folks in
the area swampland. What did people think when they would hear
of a girl's body being buried at the Mansfield place? What was
going through their minds? After all, it wasn't like a team of
detectives went out and uncovered bodies of murdered girls in
somebody's back yard everyday....
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