TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- The number of murders in Leon County has now surpassed last year's total and is nearing a new high for a 5 year span.
From January 1 through August 5, 2014 there have now been 16 reported homicide cases in the Leon County/Tallahassee area.
Tallahassee Police Department: 14 homicide cases
Leon County Sheriff's Office: 2 homicide cases
On August 5, Leon County Sheriff's deputies were called out to their second homicide of the year at a home in the Killearn Lakes neighborhood. That is where deputies say 63 year-old Martha White stabbed her 7 year-old grandson, Mason Rhinehart, to death.
Among Tallahassee Police Department's 14 homicide cases includes the shooting death of Florida State University Professor Daniel Markel, which has gained national attention.
Investigators say they believe Markel was the intended target of a gunman who shot Markel one time in the head at Markel's Betton Hills home. There have been no arrests in that case.
Year to year 2014 could break a 5 year record, according to statistics from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
- 2013 - 14 murders
- 2012 - 17 murders
- 2011 - 14 murders
- 2010 - 15 murders
February 21, 2014 - Samira Frasch
Judge Rules That Adam Frasch is Incompetent to Stand Trial
March 27, 2014 - Dominique Myles
Man found dead in South Tallahassee home identified
April 14, 2014 - George Brewster
Tallahassee police arrest suspect in Mission Road murder
May 2, 2014 - Isaac Grace
Woman Indicted for Econo Lodge Murder
May 12, 2014 - Jason Coshatt / Lynette Lee
UPDATE: Bond denied for double-murder suspect
May 17, 2014 - Andrew T. Miller
UPDATE - TPD Investigating Homicide
July 18, 2014 - Dan Markel
Police: Dan Markel was intended target
July 21, 2014 - Andres Kilpatrick
Man Arrested After Tallahassee Stabbing Victim Dies
August 5, 2014 - Mason Rhinehart
