Billy Mansfield killed girls and burried their bodies in the family's yard in Weeki Wachee Acres,
Hernando County, Florida
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
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.
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....
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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