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Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., the man accused of killing Byrd "Bud" Billings and his wife, Melanie, has stabbed an inmate in the Escambia County jail in Pensacola, Florida. Update 10-25-09.
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr.
Fellow inmate Kevin Dale Wilkins occupied a cell adjacent to Gonzalez. Gonzalez left his cell to make a phone call and asked Wilkins to hold some paperwork for him. Wilkins refused and Gonzalez, also known as Patrick Poff, stabbed Wilkins in the "upper left shoulder" with a pencil.
Apparently, Wilkins was in reach of his attacker when Gonzalez - on the way back to his own cell - took advantage of the opportunity and stabbed Wilkins again, in about the same area of his shoulder.
Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. was charged with aggravated battery for the assault. His victim, Kevin Dale Wilkins has been in the jail since August 28th on charges of "sexual assault on a victim over the age of 12." Gonzalez will be arraigned on November 6th on the stabbing charges.
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. is considered the mastermind, and the triggerman in the July 9, 2009 deaths of Byrd and Melanie Billings. The couple adopted 13 children, 9 of whom were in the house the night of the murders. Seven people are charged with capital murder and an eighth charged as an accessory to the murders.
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez also has charges filed against him in a December 2007 attempted "hit" in Mark Turner, a Pensacola auto dealer. Byrd and Melanie Billings were also in the used auto business in Pensacola. Read that story here.
Update 10-25-09 - New articles:
Henry Cab Tice Mexican Mafia: Henry Cab Tice Byrd Bud Billings Contract Murders
Byrd Billings, Melanie Billings Murdered: Parents of 16 Children
Background and related:
Patrick Poff is Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr.: Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. Profile
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr. is Byrd, Melanie Billings Murder Organizer
Byrd Billings, Melanie Billings Murdered: Billings Parents of 16 Children
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