Florida Investigators Excavate Dry Creek Ranch for More Billy Mansfield Victims After 4 Bodies Found
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 24
Florida Investigators Excavate Dry Creek Ranch for More Billy Mansfield Victims After 4 Bodies Found
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 24
Summary
Dry Creek Ranch in Hernando County is being excavated after cadaver dogs alerted there, prompting Florida investigators to search for possible additional victims linked to serial killer Billy Mansfield.
The renewed dig follows a three-year review of thousands of files and interviews with Mansfield; an earlier excavation at another site found no human remains, and a separate dog search near Fort Dade Avenue and Citrus Way also came up empty.
Sheriff Al Nienhuis said authorities have long suspected more victims after Mansfield previously indicated there could be bodies in Hernando, Pasco and Pinellas counties, though no deal was reached for fuller disclosure.
Four bodies were uncovered on Mansfield family property in the early 1980s after a California homicide investigation generated leads; three victims have since been identified, and genetic genealogy may now identify the fourth.
Any new prosecution is considered unlikely because of the case's age, but officials say the search aims to identify victims and give long-waiting families answers as Mansfield serves life sentences in California and Florida.