Jesse Brandon Davis And Hector Manuel Rodriguez Charged In Kidnapping And Killing Of Fla. Teens

Police arrested two suspects in the alleged murder of two Florida teens during April.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the killings of two teenagers whose bodies were found engulfed in flames along a central Florida trail.

The Orlando Sentinel says 30-year-old Jesse Brandon Davis and 31-year-old Hector Manuel Rodriguez also have been charged with kidnapping in the deaths of 16-year-old Nicholas Presha and 18-year-old Jeremy Stewart in April.

It was not immediately known if the men had lawyers.

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said the Winter Park High School students met the two men intending to sell them two stolen handguns. But he says the teens were robbed and shot with at least one of the stolen guns.

The teens' bodies were found last month on a charred patch of grass along the Cady Way Trail.

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Comments

[aphextwin07]

12:56 PM on 05/15/2012

a murder to prevent another murder...

[Stephen Thorpe]

09:01 AM on 05/15/2012

Young bucks trying to be thugs got dispatched to thier maker by thugs.

[Jerry Frey]

04:55 AM on 05/15/2012

http://napoleonlive.info/did-you-know/mindless-violence-and-senseless-cruelty/

[edward60]

11:39 PM on 05/14/2012

Why didnt the kids just go to Walmart and buy the guns

[cobraxus]

12:03 AM on 05/16/2012

I know,right?besides it was for "Bring A Glock To School Day".
Florida is trying so hard to out-stupid Texas.it's awe inspiring.

[hidenout3]

06:56 AM on 05/16/2012

lol, no but you have out-stupid ed the entire population of both states.

[GracieGiraffe]

10:31 PM on 05/14/2012

I used to equate Florida with Mickey and Minnie. Then I started reading H.P.

[Trishann]

09:48 PM on 05/14/2012

You start down the road of doing wrong things..you don't know what's coming out the door you open. I can't even imagine the terror those young men must have felt the second they knew their lives were about to end. Wishing they were some place else but knowing it was too late. It's too horrible to think about.

[mikey09]

02:13 PM on 05/14/2012

Very hard lesson, crime does not pay. Sad story all the way around.

[Sherrie L Smith]

01:07 PM on 05/14/2012

I was feeling bad for the teens ..using that word loosely, until I saw the teens, men, and the selling and buying of guns were all a part of the scenerio, my sympathy level went down drastically. However, it would be a horrible way to die from burning up. Couldn't they have just put each out of their misery by shooting and killing each other? It would be a more humane way of getting rid of thugs.

[nevaehs mama]

01:54 PM on 05/14/2012

i dont think they got the guns. thats the point of the whole plot. the mwn showed up and robbed the teens. they got jacked, and then shot, and then burnt. that sucks, especially because they were so young. if your gonna do something illegal, it should be with people that you know, at least.

[Shay Mobarak]

10:45 PM on 05/14/2012

So you're saying that the teens should have taken precautions to purchase guns illegally because that would be better for their safety?? Your moral compass is in the wrong direction!

[Play4tdy]

04:05 PM on 05/15/2012

You ma'am, and I use these words loosely, are a callous witch. These were boys, not men, whose lives were taken, regardless of why, who or how.

[Leon Engelun]

12:50 PM on 05/14/2012

were they wearing hoodies?

[justanoldhippie]

12:39 PM on 05/14/2012

Lemme guess... they will use the "SYG" defense?

"Well, your honor, while we were trying to buy guns from these two, well, they looked older men... they drew down on us, and we defended ourselves, as is our right... here in Florida's Wild West".

[briock]

11:21 AM on 05/14/2012

Florida... Gotta love it. Its the basement of America. There would be no In Session on Court TV if it wasn't for Florida. We need to flip that thing over and shake it out real good.

[phylliscooper1]

04:11 PM on 05/14/2012

If the United States were to receive a penicillin shot, the needle should be placed in Florida.

[GracieGiraffe]

10:30 PM on 05/14/2012

Florida.. the basement of America - what a great line!

[mad badger]

10:27 AM on 05/14/2012

ahhhhhhh Florida........

[plepgeat]

04:06 AM on 05/14/2012

As Homer told Moe, "Fire made it good."

[The 4th Degree]

11:41 PM on 05/13/2012

Remember guns don't kill people. People with guns kill people.

[ladybugsfavgrand]

01:06 AM on 05/14/2012

And people with knives,baseball bats,crow bars,ice picks,bricks...........outlaw everything....

[ActuallyReads]

12:55 PM on 05/14/2012

Not very many crowbars travel at the speed of a bullet. I think crowbars that dangerous should be outlawed, though

[amluvinit2]

01:47 PM on 05/14/2012

Whatever! Nobody wants your guns. There should be stricter laws however. That is a strawman arguement.

[Getting it right]

01:21 AM on 05/14/2012

Stronger immigration policies could have prevented this.

[piscatawayan]

06:42 AM on 05/14/2012

Which country did Jesse Davis immigrate from?

[smokeedaclown]

09:13 AM on 05/14/2012

getting it WRONG

[PlayTOE]

11:09 PM on 05/13/2012

%The fact that the teens were trying to purchase illegal guns sort of tones down the sympathy level that we feel for them. ...

[The 4th Degree]

11:41 PM on 05/13/2012

I thought they were trying to sell the guns that were then used on them.

[PlayTOE]

01:17 AM on 05/14/2012

The story is somewhat less than clear about who was buying and who was selling ... However, it is clear that the teens were involved in the sale of illegal weapons.

[ejljr]

12:20 AM on 05/14/2012

Put your reading glasses on! They were trying to SELL the stolen guns!

[bionic man]

04:15 PM on 05/14/2012

No, not clear, read it again. Logic dictates that the teens were BUYING, which is why they had cash and were robbed at gunpoint by the guns they were intending to buy. Young and naive.