The brutal shooting deaths of two college students in a Florida forest in 2006 reveal a budding serial killer was on the loose for years before anyone stopped him. The memories of Amber Peck and John Parker live on despite their demise.
The Episode
- St. Lucie News Tribune (Fort Pierce, FL): Couple killed in woods, by Associated Press.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Reward set in deaths of 2 students.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): FBI to help in camper slayings case, by Sarah Lundy, Erin Cox, and Stephen Hudak.
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Police: Largo man killed campers, by Alex Leary and Graham Brink.
- The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL): A profile in turmoil, by Stephen Thompson.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Camping-trip victims to be remembered at services today.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Slaying suspect looked out of place, by Sarah Lundy.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): ‘I picked up a killer’, by Erin Cox.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): State Cash used for 2 killings, sheriff says, by Sarah Lundy.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Cops: Suspect admits killing 2 campers in Ocala forest, by Stephen Hudak and Sarah Lundy.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Slaying suspect attempts suicide, by Martin E. Comas.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Camper finds victims’ belongings, by Martin E. Comas.
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Interview transcript reveals little about suspect in Ocala National Forest slayings, by Times Staff Writer.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Slaying suspect fashions a knife from file folder, by Martin E. Comas.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Slayings of 2 students a year ago still haunt Ocala forest, by Stephen Hudak.
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): Trial in slayings of 2 in forest set for January.
- Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL): Two families pick life for young killer, by Jose Cardenas.
- Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, FL): Leo Boatman being investigated in death of cellmate, by Austin L. Miller.
- The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL): Forest killer, Mayport ‘monster’ indicted for prison murder, by Andrew Pantazi.
- Casetext: Boatman v. State. 2022. Florida Court of Appeals First District Decision.
- Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, FL): College students shot dead in woods shared love of natures, by Tiffany Pakkala.
- Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, FL): Cell phone leads to suspect in 2005 slaying of barber, by Ashlee Clark.
- Florida inmate search results for Leo Boatman.
- USDA National Forest Website for information on Ocala National Forest.
- The Gainsville Sun (Gainsville, FL): Garden Dedicated to 2 SFCC students, by Tiffany Pakkala.
- The Gainesville Sun – Police: Suspect in forest slayings acted fast to return gun, by Millard K. Ives.
- Tampa Bay Times – A deadly path to hidden pond, by Ben Montgomery.
- Ocala StarBanner – Bodies found in forest, by Austin L. Miller.
- The Gainesville Sun – Investigation ongoing in Ocala murders, by Joe Byrnes.
- The Orlando Sentinel – The weather page, by Tom Terry (meteorologist).
- The Gainesville Sun – Slayings suspect makes first court appearance, by Lise Fisher.