A Flat Earth enthusiast in Florida has been arrested for allegedly murdering his neighbor in a mysterious incident that has left authorities scratching their heads. The curious crime reportedly occurred last Thursday night when Jeffrey Blevins was shot outside his apartment in the community of Bartow. Citing a lack of security footage and the victim’s reputation as a “non-confrontational, easy-going guy,” cops investigating the case were initially stumped by the inexplicable killing until they began looking into his upstairs neighbor, David Richard Morris.
Upon learning that he was known to “brag about his gun while he was high on methamphetamine,” police searched his apartment and found what is believed to be the murder weapon and bloody clothes thought to have been working during the shooting. In announcing Morris’ arrest at a press conference on Monday morning, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd seemed mystified over the peculiar killing. “This guy is just a weirdo personality who ‘s not a real criminal,” he said of the suspected shooter, conceding that cops are at a loss as to why he committed the crime.
To that end, he did offer one rather weird revelation about Morris that investigators uncovered. “He has been described to us as a conspiracy theorist. He is what they call a ‘Flat Earther.’ He doesn’t believe the Earth is round,” Judd explained before quipping, “well, the floor in the county jail is flat anyway, and that’s where he is.” Morris has been charged with second-degree murder, with the possibility of that becoming first-degree, pending how the rest of the investigation unfolds.
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