Murder in Sarasota

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Murder: Handyman hits 76 year old woman in head multiple times with hammer

SARASOTA COUNTY — Sarasota sheriff’s deputies have charged a handyman with premeditated murder in the death of a 76-year-old woman.

Harold Dean Wallwin, 47, went to the home of Mary Blake every week to do odd jobs for her, deputies say.

On Saturday, he reported for duty and was supposed to clean out the garage of her home on South Lockwood Ridge Road, deputies said.

Wallwin beat Blake to death with a hammer from the garage and stole her car, deputies say.

Wallwin returned to the crime scene later in the day, took a shower, stole groceries and spent the night, according to a sheriff's report.

He crashed Blake's car on Sunday, according to the sheriff's office, and was arrested amid a hit-and-run investigation by the Florida Highway patrol.

Wallwin admitted to investigators that he stole the car and killed its owner, deputies said. He is being held without bail at Sarasota County jail on charges of premeditated murder, burglary and theft.

Click here to see a booking photo of the murder suspect.

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Good job once again District II CIB !!!

Yeah, that was a hard one for central again. Guy confessing to everything. Real detective work, not.

Yeah, that was a hard one for central again. Guy confessing to everything. Real detective work, not.

Wow you sound bitter! Whats wrong, didnt get selected for the last CIB opening ?

Yeah, that was a hard one for central again. Guy confessing to everything. Real detective work, not.

A confession is dierent from a conviction. Any monkey with a ball vice can get a confession. While this guy did confess on his own, lets see what other work the detectives did to make the case rock solid.

Its the example of when Patrol and CIB work well together. D2 CIB has always worked well with Patrol and tries to include us in everything. They are also the only group that you see out at night working the road.

Good Job Patrol and CIB!

This woman never deserved this from this piece of crap. I personally knew her and she was the sweetest woman. Thanks for all the great work from all of you.
HOPEFULLY THE SCUM BAG WILL FRY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!

Hey Good Job poster, I dont think D2 CIB asked for this to happen and Im sure they would have preferred to stay home and not work another 20 something hour day. Im also sure they wish that never happened to that woman. We called them and they came. They never make us wait and they always come in force. To the other poster questioning their methods and thoroughness. I dont think that is appropriate since they have proven themselves to us over and over again.

Try being more supportive of your fellow leo's. Thanks D2 CIB.

Lobby to fire up old Sparky again and fry the creep.

Good police work from top to bottom....Believe it or not there are plenty of ways to screw up even an apparent open and shut case....
Kudos to the guys and gals who do their jobs day in and day out or all night....Everyone knows that no one downtown has any clue whats being done out there on a daily basis..When was the last time anyone from the staff, Chief included, showed any interest in actual police work....Too much time being spent whining about why they were passed over for promotion, worrying if they'll have a job come Jan 09, working on the police Olympics or out and out politicking...
Think you want to be a Detective??? I doubt you'll cut it for any length of time.It starts by being a squared away Deputy....Very few individuals at this agency have been there for any length of time and are/were extremely good at it..Reason is, if you are ,then you get everything dumped on you...Sucks but thats the way it is
If someone is telling you how great they were as a Detective its probably BS....The ones who are really good at it just quietly go about their business without having to toot their own horn....Their work and reputation speak for themselves.....Right now CIB is a tale of 3 different districts....D1 clueless supervision which has ruined the attitudes and work product....D2 busts ass, over worked and quickly burning out...D3 same as always low caseload low burnout nuff said....All three supervised by a Chain of Command that is a micro-managed, ineffective disaster...
Thankfully there are still men and women at the SSO who come to work everyday and do their jobs ...keep up the good work and stay safe....Change is coming