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Fuller portrait of slain Fla. couple emerges picture
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- July 18, 2009
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When the attorney for a slain Florida couple's family disclosed the contents of a safe stolen from their home, she said she wanted to put to rest intense speculation and rumors.
That's hardly likely. More than a week after Byrd and Melanie Billings were shot to death in their home west of Pensacola, their background is still shrouded in mystery.
He was a 66-year-old entrepreneur who dabbled in used cars, boats and the adult entertainment industry. She was a 43-year-old country music lover who fed the homeless and was devoted to her MySpace page.
Together, they adopted 13 children with autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities and lived in a sprawling home west of Pensacola. ...
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... ... her mother's wish. Markham also defended her parents, Byrd and Melanie Billings, whose lives and deaths had gained national attention since the July 9 attack. Byrd Billings, 66, was an entrepreneur who had dabbled in used cars, boats ...
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