Florida man charged in brutal murder of elderly woman because he wanted her debit card

(A Fort Walton Beach man was arrested and charged with first degree premeditated murder, Image credit: OCSO)

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) headquartered in Shalimar, Florida, reported that they have a murder suspect in custody after he was found driving the car of a woman who had been found brutally murdered in the Crestview area.  Deputies found their suspect in the victim’s car in a Fort Walton Beach neighborhood on the evening of January 8.

Following his arrest, Joshua Nunn, 41, who resides in the 300 block of Oakland Circle NW in Fort Walton Beach, has been charged with first degree premeditated murder.

Deputies were called to a home on Acorn Drive around 7 p.m. on Saturday and found their female victim on her bed covered in blood and deceased.

The woman’s car was missing and OCSO investigators quickly developed Nunn as a suspect. Deputies captured him about three hours later in the victim’s car in the Kiwi/Carson area.

Nunn says he used a hammer on the elderly victim, tried to suffocate her with a pillow, and wrapped a cord from an alarm clock around her neck to choke her because he wanted his debit card and her debit card.  ~ OSCO

Nunn was released from a Florida prison in November 2021 after serving time for robbery.  He is being now being held in Okaloosa County Jail without bond, according to WEAR-TV.

(Source and Joshua Nunn Mugshot: Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office)

~ Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today / Connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter