Looking at Todd Erskine‘s Facebook, most would assume he’s a normal, everyday husband and father to three kids, but now, that same Edgewater, Florida man stands accused of beating and carjacking a 74-year-old woman in the parking lot of an Orlando Home Depot.
Before pistol-whipping the elderly woman, stealing her vehicle and leaving her bloodied by the side of the road, Erskine, 43, attempted to carjack another woman in the same Home Depot parking lot. He approached that woman, 82, pointed a gun at her and said he needed her car. She resisted and made a commotion causing him to flee the scene.
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The Sheriff’s Office said about 30 minutes later, Erskine approached the 74-year-old woman in the same parking lot and asked for a ride. Deputies said the woman let Erskine in her minivan and when they got near the intersection of Elm Drive and Pinedale, he hit the woman in the face with his weapon, made her get out and left with her 2006 Sienna. source
A deputy later spotted Erskine behind the wheel of the minivan. A pursuit ensued that ended in police executing a PIT maneuver which disabled the minivan, the OCSO said.
Erskine was taken into custody.
The victim, who was beaten with a pistol about the face, head, neck and shoulders, was found lying on the side of the road and transported code-3 to Orlando Regional Medical Center. She is expected to fully recover and is currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Erskine’s Facebook page says that he is married to Carly Nicole. The couple is pictured in 2015 during happier days. The gallery of photos shows the family enjoying a bouncing newborn and going on family fishing trips with two other young kids.
A photo posted to Nicole’s Facebook page in Feb, 2017, depicts the seemingly happy couple with the caption “I Love Us.”