PALM BAY, Fla. – Some neighbors are sickened to hear human remains were found in suitcases in an abandoned area where dead bodies have been found before.
Tuesday, Frank Hunter told your Palm Bay Community Correspondent James Sparvero that had he known about the Compound’s criminal history before he moved from Colorado, he would’ve never bought his house.
Hunter lives about a mile from where police say they found the remains in the suitcases hidden in tall grass.
“I think something needs to be done with the Compound, and I understand there’s a lot of legalities about it, but something’s gotta be done,” the resident said.
To turn the blighted area from a liability into an asset councilman Kenny Johnson Monday told Sparvero the city has applied for a $3 million state grant to build utilities in the Compound.
“So everything from stormwater, sewer, FPL, that’s what it takes to get somebody to commit,” Johnson said. “So we’re looking at anybody from aerospace to just industrial parks.”
Some other locals said they actually don’t want to see the Compound get developed.
Some think population boom has overdeveloped the city.
As for the police, they’re still waiting on autopsy results to identify the remains.
Lucas Jones, 19, who’s girlfriend told police he dumped the two containers in the Compound, may have been released from jail on charges like abusing a dead body, but the investigation isn’t closed.
Stick with News 6 and ClickOrlando.com to find out if more charges are brought against him.