Leo Lancing Boatman waits to go before judge Jim McCune before
his first
appearance in the courtroom at the Marion County Jail in Ocala on
January 11, 2006.
(Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner)
Leo Lancing Boatman, who is being held without bail, listens to
Judge Jim McCune during his first appearance
in the courtroom at the
Marion County Jail. Boatman is charged with killing Amber Peck and
John Parker.
(Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner)
Under watch by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies Cpl. Carlos Rios,
left, and Lt. Ron Burnett, center, Leo Boatman, of Largo, Fla.,
makes his first appearance before Judge Jim McCune in the courtroom
at the Marion County Jail in Ocala, Fla.
Leo Lancing Boatman
Leo Boatman, center,
takes the oath with his attorney Bill Miller beside him before he
changes his plea to guilty Monday July 30, 2007 at the Marion County
Courthouse in Ocala, FL for the Jan. 2006 murders of two Santa Fe in
the Ocala national forest. He was sentenced to two consecutive life
terms on the Florida Department of Corrections.
Leo Boatman, flanked by
his defense attorneys, Camille Concannon, left, and Bill Miller,
right, stands for the judge during the hearing where he changed his
plea to guilty Monday July 30, 2007 at the Marion County Courthouse
in Ocala, FL for the Jan 2006 murders of students Amber Peck and
John Parker in the Ocala national forest. He was sentenced to two
consecutive life terms on the Florida Department of Corrections.
Victor Boatman, Leo Boatman's uncle, talks outside his residence in
Largo.
(Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)
Lucas Merryfield, left, is the owner of the gun that was allegedly
used by Leo Boatman to shoot
and kill Amber Peck and John Parker in
the Ocala National Forest.
(Jannet Walsh/Star-Banner)
David Peck reads a statement to the Judge as if spoken by his slain
daughter Amber Peck while his wife and Amber's mother Glenda Peck sobs
during the hearing where Leo Boatman changed his plea to guilty at the
Marion County Courthouse in Ocala, FL for the Jan 2006 murders of
students Amber and friend John Parker in the Ocala national forest. He
was sentenced to two consecutive life terms on the Florida Department
of Corrections.
The victims
Amber Peck, 26, was in the associate of arts program
at Santa Fe
Community College in Gainesville, Fla.
John Parker, also 26, was considering studying forestry
at Santa
Fe Community College in Gainesville.
Rick A. Morris, a 28-year-old Panama City man who was serving
a life sentence for the murder of his parents.
