On Monday, April 9, 2012, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a possible injured person or persons. The incident was at 3501 49th Street West in Lehigh Acres, Florida. Deputies responded to the residence and found the front door unsecured. Upon entering, a trail of blood led through the residence to two victims, 43 year old Amy Ann Lorah and her son William “Dalton” Haley, age 16. Both had suffered gunshot wounds. Spent 9mm shell casings were discovered scattered throughout the residence.
Due to the nature of the violent crime, homicide detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit were assigned to investigate. After several interviews in the ensuing days, two juvenile suspects were identified then arrested last night. The Lehigh Acres Gazette is withholding the names do to the ages of the juveniles arrested.
On Sunday night, April 8th, one of the juveniles armed himself with a handgun and enlisted the help of another to drive him to the house with the intent to rob and kill Dalton Haley. Reportedly, one of the juveniles had visited Haley on previous occasions at the home, at which time; he said Haley had carelessly pointed a gun at him.
Arriving at the Lehigh Acres home, both subjects went inside. One of the juveniles shot and killed Haley then proceeded to Amy Lorah’s bedroom where he shot and wounded her. She was shot two more times after staggering into the kitchen. The juveniles stole a safe which contained approximately $370 dollars cash and a firearm. One of the juveniles gave another $150 dollars from the safe for his role in the murders and robbery. The 9mm handgun was later sold for $140 dollars.
Upon learning of the arrests, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said, “I want to thank the detectives who have been working diligently and tirelessly to solve this senseless crime. While the work continues to bring justice for these crimes and the others of this past week, please know our hearts, our thoughts and our prayers remain with the families of these victims.”
The juveniles were arrested and each charged early this morning with two counts of 1st degree (premeditated) murder and one count of home invasion robbery with a firearm.