WALTON COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Tara Lynn Deaton, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, has been identified as the remains discovered in the Point Washington State Forest on Friday. Dagan Blake Boring was arrested for murdering the 37-year-old woman.
Boring, 24, of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida was booked into the Walton County Jail on a no-bail order.
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Deaton was reported missing out of Kentucky in June just two weeks after her vehicle, a gray Lexus coupe, was involved in a hit-and-run on County Highway 30a, according to waltonso.
The following day, May 24th, the vehicle was found in a wooded area about two miles from the crash. The car was impounded and brought to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office where a search warrant revealed blood in the trunk.
Investigators attempted to locate Deaton and interviewed numerous family and friends. After an exhaustive search, investigators were led to Boring, who is believed to have been in a relationship with Deaton at the time of her disappearance.
Boring was located at a convenience store in Fort Walton Beach on July 14th and later led investigators to the location of Deaton’s body inside Point Washington State Forest.
According to records, Boring has also lived in Kailua, Hawaii.
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Geo quick facts: Walton County is located on the Emerald Coast in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, with its southern border on the Gulf of Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,305. Its county seat is DeFuniak Springs – Wikipedia.