insisted his client and Duncan "were in love" despite their three-decade-plus age difference, according to Murrell's comments in the Palm Beach Post. The judge read a victim impact statement from Duncan's family, who couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.ĬO-FOUNDER OF SALT LIFE BRAND CHARGED IN FLORIDA IN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN'S SHOOTING DEATHįox News Digital filed a request for the court transcript for the victim impact statement and left a message with Murrell Jr. "A stupid, tragic, heartbreaking accident that basically ruined two families."
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In 2013, Hutto and the other co-founders of Salt Life sold their entire business to the new owners, the company previously said in a statement.Ĭlick here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live."This was an accident," Murrell Jr. He was booked into the Duval County Jail and was transferred to the Palm Beach County Jail on Sunday, Nov. Hutto was taken into custody by the Florida Highway Patrol that day. The detective returned to the hospital on Friday, Octoto speak with Hutto, at which point he recounted what happened and said the gun was inside of his car, still inside of the black Adidas backpack with all of his medications. Hutto said he did not wish to speak anymore and asked the detective to return to the hospital the next day. During that conversation, “Hutto uttered, which was not verbatim, ‘Oh my God, I think, I hurt my Gracie’ as he began to cry,” according to the report. Augustine and that he was taken to the hospital.Ī Riviera Beach detective came to the hospital on Thursday, Octoto talk to Hutto. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, alerting them of Hutto’s overdose in St. The Riviera Beach Police Department was contacted by the St. Police put out a BOLO for Hutto’s green Dodge Challenger after Duncan’s body was found. He said he was able to track her phone to the Hilton in Riviera Beach.ĭuncan’s father told police she was with Hutto, who he identified as her boyfriend. Hutto was taken to Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville to be treated for an overdose.ĭuncan’s father called police after he hadn’t had contact with her for more than 48 hours, the report said, and he had last spoken with her on Sunday, October 25, 2020. He was “reportedly twitching, making delusional comments, and crying while his eyes were rolling into the back of his head,” the report detailed. REPORT: Co-founder of Salt Life brand was ‘playing’ with gun when it went off, fatally shooting Lake City teen Hutto then put the gun into his Adidas backpack, left the hotel, got into his 2020 green Dodge Challenger Hellcat, and “drove until he ran out of gas at a gas station,” the report said.Įarly in the morning on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, Hutto walked into a BP station near Interstate 95 and International Golf Parkway in St. Duncan was sitting on the bathroom counter and Hutto “pointed the gun at Gracie, at which time it went off and shot her,” the report said. Later, the two were “playing inside of the hotel room as if they were shooting with their finger and a gun,” according to the report. RELATED: Salt Life co-founder accused of killing Lake City teen in hotel room claims search was unlawful They stopped at the Hilton in Riviera Beach and spent time on the beach. Hutto pleaded guilty to manslaughter with a firearm and was credited for 79 days already served in jail.Īccording to Hutto’s initial 2020 arrest report from the Riviera Beach Police Department, he and Duncan were headed to the Florida Keys to see friends of his. > STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<Īccording to Palm Beach County court documents, Duncan’s family was present at the hearing via Zoom and a victim impact statement was read in court. The Lake City teen, 18-year-old Lora Grace Duncan, was found shot to death in Hutto’s hotel room in Riviera Beach on Oct. Michael Troy Hutto, the co-founder of the Salt Life brand, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday in the October 2020 death of a Lake City teen.
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