Junior Boucher, a 36-year-old man, is accused of beating a Florida golfer to death with the victim's own golf club on a golf course at Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens.
The incident supposedly went down on November 25 around 1:30 pm, Brian Hiltebeitel, a 65-year-old Florida Golfer, was retrieved from a lake in the Golf course and was pronounced dead on the scene by responding officers, ABC reports.
Boucher is facing a first-degree murder charge and is held at the Palm Beach County Jail.
What did Junior Boucher do?
According to ABC News, citing a Palm Beach Gardens Police Department affidavit, a witness reportedly heard Brian Hiltebeitel yelling "he's trying to kill me" as he was running away from Boucher who was carrying a golf club in his hands.
Further, it is alleged that Boucher started beating the victim, the 65-year-old Florida golfer, and at one point when they got separated, Boucher took up another golf club, presumably the victim's, and continued to chase the victim into a pond.
According to the affidavit, a witness stated that once in the pond the accused allegedly continued to beat Hiltebeitel, a Florida golfer, on the head. Then, Boucher proceeded to sit on top of the victim and choked him, and once the victim stopped moving, Boucher picked up a golf club and started bashing Hiltebeitel's head again.
Afterward, Boucher, the accused, got out of the water and stripped himself of his clothes. Soon the police arrived at the scene after they received multiple calls from various people regarding an attack on a man at the golf course, states an IndependentUK report.
The police officer pulled Hiltebeitel out of the water and it was observed that he had multiple wounds on his head and his body. The officers pronounced him dead on the scene.
As reported by multiple outlets, citing Palm Beach Gardens Police Chief Dominick Pape, police had to make use of an "electronic control weapon" to take Boucher into custody.
What was the motive for the attack against the Florida golfer?
According to multiple reports, the police couldn't find any connection between the accused and the victim. Right now, the police believe that the incident was a "random act of violence". Chief Dominick Pape in a press conference said that,
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"At this time, it does not appear that Boucher had any legitimate purpose for being at the golf course. This appears to be a random act of violence where Boucher used the victims' golf clubs as weapons and viciously attacked the victim, ultimately killing him."
Boucher, the accused, was reported missing by his family members an hour before the incident took place. Boucher also had troubles with the law before and was arrested for drug possession, domestic battery, battery on a law enforcement officer, etc.
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