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Suspect Arrested In Murder of Nicholas Presha And Jeremy Stewart

May 2, 2012 at 8:18 am by  

Suspect Arrested In Murder of Nicholas Presha And Jeremy Stewart WINTER PARK, Fla. — Police have announced they have a suspect in custody in connection to the execution style murders of two teenagers whose bodies were found burning alongside a popular walking trail.

Last month, some bicyclist riding along the Cady Way Trail found the burning bodies of 16-year-old Nicholas Presha and 18-year-old Jeremy Stewart, best friends who both attended Winter Park High School.

It is now being revealed that police have a suspect and have had him in custody since two days after the boys were found. His name is Jessie Davis and it may come as a shock, judging by his picture, but the 30-year-old is an alleged drug dealer with a lengthy criminal history. He also lives one mile from where the murders occurred.

Davis was arrested on April 17 on charges of violation of probation, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery. These charges are not related to the deaths of Presha and Stewart. He was already on probation for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon at the time of the murders.

People who know Davis say he has been in trouble with the law since he was a juvenile. His mother says this stems from him suffering from mental illness since he was 5-years-old. She told reporters that she did not believe her son did it, but that he was capable under the right circumstances.

She also claimed that one week before the murders, she took Davis to a crisis center after complaining of being suicidal, having hallucinations and plagued with thoughts of killing people. He was released the next day.

Some rumors being reported were that the the two boys may have been killed over a $500 drug debt, but police have not confirmed this, stating they have received many tips and are investigating all of them. At this point there has been no official proof that the boys were into drugs or involved in any kind of gang activity.

Sheriff Jerry Demings stated the investigation is progressing well, and they are awaiting forensic information.

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    • http://twitter.com/RudestBuddhist RudestBuddhist

      Who the hell ran over his face?

    • http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

      Well since this guy has a past of selling drugs as well as having lost the cheese off his cracker when he was 5, sounds like he wouldn’t want to be someone you owed 500 dollars to let alone 5. Not saying these kids were involved with him or his drugs. But if they were they were surely is some dangerous territory.

    • sugarpie

      So if they would have treated this wasted sperm cell a week before instead of just releasing him, these boys could very well be alive today.  WTF.  Total fail all around.

    • Babydoll0630

      Birthmarks or tattoos?  Either way he’s a douchebag, I hope bubba likes his tattoos.  Oh wait he won’t see them because he will be behind him…..unless he has any on the back of his neck..

    • Sam

      Why is he wearing mardi-gras beads in his mugshot? Does that mean he’s got an awesome set of moobs and isn’t afraid of showing them off?

    • http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

       It looks like he is intently listening to the voices in his head in that mugshot Sam, it’s a party every day up in there! He’s even leaned to one side to get their signal……

    • Sam

      LOL – i can practically hear him having whole discussions with the 23 other personalities in there! :)

    • http://twitter.com/tinalib13 Tina Wech

      Well if he did do it, they should make a human torch out of him. An eye for an eye you know…

    • http://twitter.com/tinalib13 Tina Wech

      “Ya’ll gonna make me lose my mind, Up in here, Up in here…” ;-)

    • JohnQknowitall

      So… the boys sneaked out of their houses, met, and their bodies were found burning. They had previously stolen a car (not that night) and were no known as trouble makers. This guy has dangerous mental issues and just happened upon the kids that morning.

      This all seems so disjointed, but I am dying to find out what really happened that night. It just sounds like any of the nights as a teenager when I snuck (yeah I know it is not a word, but fuck the linguists) out of my parents’  house and ran into “colorful” people who were not violent.

      This story is beginning to sound like something akin to a very horrible “everything is fun to tragic” evening.

    • JGo555

      But. But. But he looks like the most upstanding, smart citizen!!!???

      No he didn’t do it, but under the right circumstances he could have. I’ll take that from mom. It’s better than being a ‘tard defender completely.

    • JGo555

      You KNOW that’s a yes on the back/neck tattoo.

      It’s a must for “classy” people like him.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=818709360 Billy Madatchu

      ehhh its all premeditated.. he wasn’t hearing voices.. he was thinking “i want to kill some fools but i gotta plan a way to get away with it… i know! i’ll check myself in the loony bin first so i can claim i’m crazy!” 

    • kimbev69

      Ok where the heck is cedric??

    • HotReadingMama

      He is charged with attempted first degree murder in the unrelated killing of someone else? Did I read that correctly? 

    • Gee

      She does not believe her son did this but acknowledges that a week earlier she took her son to the crisis center for  complaining of being suicidal, having hallucinations and plagued with thoughts of killing people!
      Denial much?  Well it would seem those right circumstances may have just occurred

    • Heather_Habilatory

       Apparently, they made him act a fool when it came to tattoo placement.

    • Heather_Habilatory

      Can anyone tell what the tattoo on his left temple is supposed to be? 

    • DangerousKindOfSnark

      If what she says is true and he does have mental issues, he probably could have gotten some psychiatric help as a child and might be a different person today. She sounds like the type of person who likes to wallow in her denial. Hearing voices sounds like a schizophrenic personality disorder to me which clearly calls for serious medication. 

    • Heather_Habilatory

       God.

    • http://twitter.com/tinalib13 Tina Wech

      Lol agreed!

    • http://oddlyunfocused.blogspot.com/ Eccentric_Lady

      Some type of flower. Yes, flowers….maybe hibiscus?

    • LeaveMeBe

      Looks like a Smurfmobile. I would guess Hefty was driving.

    • DangerousKindOfSnark

      Bad ass, duh. ;)

    • LeaveMeBe

      I shudder to think of all the times that my evening stayed fun but so easily could have turned tragic. I wouldn’t give anything to go back to that time when I was invincible and immortal.

    • Heather_Habilatory

       It looks like Tetris tiles to me now. I need sleep though, so I may not be in my right mind.

    • Califboy

       Drag his carcass out back and get a tall tree and a long rope.

    • newstarshipsmell ™

      That would be your subconscious, wanting you to line them up and erase his face from memory, one row at a time…

    • Heather_Habilatory

       Funny, cuz it looks like dumb ass to me.

    • Heather_Habilatory

       My subconscious is good at doing things like that.

    • JohnQknowitall

      I would give up everything for 1 week of invinciblity. 

    • Lena60

      Thats a surprise…he looks so innocent!

    • Lena60

      It was the guy with the scooter, in the other story.

    • Lena60

      Dude! you got a little something on your face right there.

    • Lena60

      GeeZ! what a stupid mother,No, it could not possibly be her son. *rolls eyes*

    • Heather_Habilatory

       No. No. No, you didn’t get. Here, let me get it. *starts a steamroller*

    • sherrdbw

      Another idiot with shit on his face.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shannon-Bennett/1803988499 Shannon Bennett

      Rip with 6 tear drops on your your face?!  Really?!  I don’t even wanna know what’s on the side of his head!

    • deadskinmask213

      Dude looks like Booger from Revenge of The Nerds.

    • Califboy

       You’ve seen one “booger” you’ve seen them all.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EFHX7YJV7E75CMXRU3INLQ7ABY Todd

      Looks like a dollar sign closest to the temple, not sure what the first symbol is. 

    • OutOfBubbleGum

      “charges of violation of probation, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery. … already on probation for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon at the time of the murders.

      If in high school I would have known of persons like him, then I would have changed my career to be “Inkjet Refill Salesman.”  I could have been a millionaire before age 40.  But then again, with a rap sheet this long, forest will be destroyed and we’ll all die like the Mayan calendar predicted.

    • RydoLarsson

      Snarf Snarf !!

    • onlyme356

      This is as close as it’s ever come in any murder case I’ve heard of where a mother sort of admits their child is guilty, and yet she still manages to deny it:

      “She told reporters that she did not believe her son did it, but that he was capable under the right circumstances.”

      “She
      also claimed that one week before the murders, she took Davis to a
      crisis center after complaining of being suicidal, having hallucinations
      and plagued with thoughts of killing people.”

      Soooooo she took him to a crisis center one week prior because he told her he was having thoughts of killing people..and she feels that he would kill people under the right circumstances………but she still feels he did not do it. Can I get a WTF?
       

    • onlyme356

      LMAO just noticed what the tattoos on his face were. Is he paying tribute to the people he killed? Holy crap this guy is a real winner. Could you imagine being his mother? How do you live with the guilt, thinking you must have done something terrible really wrong when raising your kid?

    • http://www.facebook.com/uneffectivehalo Angela Kay

      So, has he admitted to burning the kids? I don’t know why… maybe it’s the blatant “give a fuck” attitude police officials and the like there of these days… but I am not buying it. 

      Hurrah for forensic science! 

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm

    • Apachee

      He should’nt have killed them, but every dog has they day!

    • pikeman

      The dude  with the tag gun at the grocery store. Just run him through the check out lane, then take him home, torture him, and kill him. Justice, I think.

    • pikeman

      You have the greatest comments, as few as they may be.