PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 17) - A Florida sheriff has confirmed that the safe taken from the home of a slain Panhandle couple held only adoption papers and other documents, heirloom jewelry and some of the family's prescription medication.
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan would not say Friday if the killers of Byrd and Melanie Billings expected to find other items in the microwave-sized safe. Morgan said investigators have not yet determined whether the killers even managed to open the safe, which was found buried in a Pensacola-area backyard with bricks piled on top.
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The sheriff's news conference came the afternoon after the Billings' funeral. The couple was known for adopting 13 special needs children.
They were shot to death in their nine-bedroom home west of Pensacola last week.
