POLK COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Stanley “Woo Woo” Mossburg, the armed-and-dangerous suspect wanted in a Winter Haven double homicide, is now in custody, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a double homicide investigation near the corner of 16th Street Northeast and Avenue D Northeast in Winter Haven Monday night. Deputies identified 35-year-old Mossburg as the double homicide suspect.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said on Sunday night, a man was returning to his Winter Haven home from work around 10:30 p.m. When he got home, Mossburg was inside the house and had just killed two other people living there, officials said, reports ABCActionNews.
On Monday afternoon, Mossburg stole the man’s car and fled the scene. Mossburg reportedly told the man who was held captive that the two people he murdered in the Winter Haven area were “number seven and eight.”
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Geo quick facts: Winter Haven is a city in central Florida, known for its canal-linked Chain of Lakes. Several lakes have waterside parks and eateries, as well as boat ramps and water-sports rentals. On Lake Eloise, Legoland Florida Resort includes Cypress Gardens, a 1930s botanical garden, and Lego-brick attractions, rides and a water park. West of the city, Circle B Bar Reserve has forest trails and alligator-inhabited wetlands – wikipedia.