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Cameras Detail Billings Murders Second By Second
August 25, 2009
Security cameras in an around the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings provide a second by second record of what happened the night the couple was murdered in their Beulah home. The entire incident took less than five minutes from start to finish.
Information released Monday by the the State Attorney’s Office provides details of what is in the video captured by several of the 16 cameras mounted inside and outside of the Billings’ home.
According to the information from the State Attorney’s Office, here is what happened the night of July 9:
- 7:05:42 –Red van is visible entering driveway
- 7:05:58 — Offenders exit van
- 7:06:13 — Two offenders exit wooded area on north side of residence and approach house
- 7:06:16 — Byrd Billings looks toward front door and raises his hands
- 7:06:22 — Byrd Billings is shot in leg, escorted to bedroom; Melanie Billings remains in living room with child and offender
- 7:07:34 — Byrd Billings visible back in living room
- 7:07:42 — Both victims exit living room toward master bedroom area
- 7:07:55 — Offender carrying a bag visible going from back of van toward house
- 7:09:52 — Offenders return to van
- 7:10:16 — Van departs yard
- 7:10:27 — Last view leaving driveway
- 7:26:36 — First deputies arrive on scene
There were no cameras located in the Billings’ bedroom, according to investigators.
For a detailed account of what was recorded by each camera at the Billings home, click here (pdf).
A judge has ruled that there will be no copies distributed of the video and crime scene photographs from the Billings home. But the media will have the chance to review the videos and about 2,000 crime scene photographs on Thursday. The public will be able to view the photos and evidence beginning Friday.
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2 Responses to “Cameras Detail Billings Murders Second By Second”
Hey, it’s like the judge said. The Billingses were the ones who installed the cameras. They were there to PROTECT and DEFEND, and all the good they did was to RECORD. When you install cameras all over your house you put a big dent in the right to privacy–Duh.
pls people…this is a very sad situation! do we (the general public) really need to know what happened min by min? the ending result is very sad and all of the people “in on it” need to sentenced to the death penality! the general public is being given too much information on this case! just punish the intruders/killers quickly!