Florida man just released from prison bludgeoned his grandparents to death, officials say

Florida man just released from prison bludgeoned his grandparents to death, officials say

One week after being released from jail, a Pensacola, Fla., man beat his grandparents to death, according to the Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies found the victims, both in their 60s, inside their home Thursday afternoon. They were found in separate rooms, but both had died from what deputies said was blunt force trauma and in what Sheriff Chip Simmons described as a “horrific scene,” according to WEAR in Pensacola.

The couple’s grandson, 24-year-old Jordon Dominique King, was immediately identified as a suspect. Although jail records show him as homeless, investigators were told he had been living in the home with his grandparents.

A manhunt was launched and King was later captured in the Bellview community. Simmons told the TV station King was on foot and taken into custody without incident. He remained in the Escambia County Jail as of Friday afternoon, charged with premeditated murder and held without bond pending a Feb. 27 court appearance.

King was released from a Florida state prison on Nov. 29 after serving roughly 4 1/2 years of a 5-year sentence for two counts of burglary, two counts of grand theft auto and one count of grand theft, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Six days after his release, he was arrested on a trespassing charge in Escambia County, jail records show. He spent just over two months in Escambia County Jail before being released Feb. 15 — one week prior to his grandparents’ murders.