Crime & Safety
St. Pete Police Arrest Man For Murder Of Couple Found In Alleyway
St. Petersburg Police have made an arrest in the murder of a couple found in an alleyway.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- St. Petersburg Police have made an arrest in the deaths of a couple found in an alleyway.
Charles Hixon Jr., 30, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Kenneth Shook, 35, and Cheryl Casey, 58.
Police were flagged down at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 by a resident who said there was a man and woman dead next to a truck in an alleyway behind an abandoned building off 14th Avenue South and 16th Street South.
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Police say the investigation led to Hixon who is transient. He was released from prison in April after serving time for a 2009 robbery.
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