Lake Searched In Deltona Slayings Investigation
6 People Beaten To Death Last Week
POSTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
UPDATED: 1:10 pm EDT August 11,
2004
Investigators are searching a lake behind a home in Deltona, Fla., in connection with the investigation into the six slayings last week, according to Local 6 News.
The search was reportedly happening just off Providence Boulevard but authorities would not say what they are looking for.
Four men were charged last weekend with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing and bludgeoning to death with baseball bats six people in a Deltona house.
All the victims had one time or another worked together at a nearby Burger King.
Police said the killings were the culmination of an argument between Troy Victorino, 27, and one of the victims, Erin Belanger, 22. Authorities say the source of the dispute was an Xbox video game system and clothes owned by Victorino.
Belanger's grandparents own a Florida winter home that was supposed to be vacant this summer, but police said Victorino and other squatters used it in July as a party spot.
The suspects will be arraigned on Sept. 1.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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- August 9, 2004: Deltona 'Ringleader' Nearly Beat Man To Death In '96
- August 9, 2004: Men Accused In Xbox Slayings Denied Bond
- August 9, 2004: Deputies: Revenge Over Xbox Was Motive For Mass Murder
- August 9, 2004: 4 Charged In Deltona Mass Murder
- August 8, 2004: Sheriff: Suspects In Deltona Mass Murder Should Get Death Penalty
- August 7, 2004: Officials Begin To ID Deltona Mass Murder Victims
- August 6, 2004: Deltona Burger King Temporarily Closes After Bodies Found
- August 6, 2004: Second Home Searched After Deltona Bodies Found
- August 6, 2004: 'Extreme Level Of Violence' In 6 Deaths
- August 6, 2004: Police Search For 'Murderer' After 6 Found Dead
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