PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (WFLA) — Palm Seashore Gardens police introduced the arrest of a Florida man who beat one other man with a golf membership and drowned him “forcibly” underwater.
Junior Boucher, 36, of Loxahatchee, was charged with first-degree homicide for the loss of life of 65-year-old Brian Hiltebeitel.
On Monday, police mentioned Boucher attacked the person with the sufferer’s golf golf equipment on the Sandhill Crane Golf Membership, situated within the 11000 block of Northlake Boulevard earlier than drowning him in a close-by pond.
In keeping with an arrest report obtained by NBC affiliate WPTV, a witness advised police he heard a person yelling and noticed Hiltebeitel “retreating” from Boucher, who was swinging a golf membership at him. Hiltebeitel reportedly screamed a number of instances, “he is making an attempt to kill me.”
The report mentioned each males fell to the bottom and Boucher started chasing Hiltebeitel, repeatedly hitting him with the membership. Once they reached the pond, Boucher reportedly jumped onto him and “gave the impression to be choking him.”
The witness added that when Boucher acquired off Hiltebeitel, he was not shifting.
Officers arrived round 1:30 p.m. to search out Hiltebeitel’s physique within the pond subsequent to gap one on the golf course. They mentioned he suffered “deep lacerations to the again of his head” and was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
The arrest report additionally mentioned Boucher, who was discovered unclothed, ran away and refused to cease and entered murky waters. This prompted police to make use of an “digital management weapon,” to take him into custody.
“This seems to be a random act of violence,” police mentioned in Tuesday’s press convention.
At 12:30 p.m., roughly an hour earlier than the deadly incident, Boucher was reported lacking by the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Workplace. It was revealed that Boucher additionally has a prolonged prison historical past involving drug possession, home battery, and fleeing and eluding legislation enforcement, amongst others.
WPTV reported {that a} decide denied Boucher bond on Tuesday earlier than he claimed his identify is definitely Manuel Acosta Rodriguez.
This stays an ongoing investigation.
