Escambia Murder: Woman Charged Just Hours After Body Is Found

January 6, 2010

A Pensacola woman is in jail this morning, charged with an open count of murder in Escambia County’s first homicide of the year.

lockelatoya.jpgLatoya Lashae Locke, 21, of Patton Drive, Pensacola, was arrested just hours after a body was found in the Navy Point area.

A landlord found the body in a small apartment behind a house in the 600 block of McCarroll Road just after 5:00 Tuesday afternoon. The body reportedly had obvious signs of foul play.

Locke was arrested less than five hours after the murder by Escambia County deputies after she was taken to the Sheriff’s Office by family members.

The victim’s name has not been released pending notification of next of kin.

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13 Responses to “Escambia Murder: Woman Charged Just Hours After Body Is Found”

  1. Crystal Chisholm on April 17th, 2019 10:19 pm

    Latoya is an awesome person. i spent 10 years incarcerated with her. she deserves a second chance.

  2. Crystal on March 6th, 2014 9:04 am

    I love LoToya LaShay Locke!! She has always been there for me when I need her..she’s like a brother to me..some of you won’t understand that..i miss her that im not longer there with her and wish her family the best

  3. Brandywine on August 22nd, 2013 8:23 pm

    I love this girl… I was locked up with her for a couple of years, during my journey I learned that everyone has a story. No one knows why this had to happen but once God forgives her then nothing else matters. David was a murderer but in Psalms 51 he pleaded for forgiveness and was forgiven. I know for a fact Toya did the same cuz I was there with her when she did. This woman got her punishment so let her and her family live in peace.

  4. crystal on May 13th, 2013 9:17 pm

    I met Toya while I was away and shes always a Happy go lucky person even at hardtimes. She would bring you out of a bad mood in no time..Shes a great person at heart and i got to witness that for myself…So Mrs. Vickie you did raise a beautiful child just so you know…tell her her friends New York says hello.

  5. ms vickie on May 4th, 2011 11:23 pm

    Latoya is my child i raised a daughter and not a monster. Some of u may feel that she is, but u are entiitled to your opinion and its because u don’t know her story. I raised a wonderful caring person and I don’t know why had to happen only GOD knows. I tried to get help for my daughter for 8 or 10 years and the system failed her. What I want to tell everyone is that u need to know her side of the story which has not been told yet. Much love to those who know where I am coming from. The truth is what is going to set her free. GOD got it.

  6. john on October 14th, 2010 1:38 am

    Hey hey hey.. I know this girl personally..I grew up on the 1200 block of patton dr..and she was one of my very good friends.. And I can’t imagne what could make her snap like this..but I will pray for her..and instead of calling her a “monster” maybe u ppl need to pray for her as well..cause this could easily be someone u love or care about.

  7. smal on May 10th, 2010 1:05 pm

    love u toya

  8. na on January 12th, 2010 9:14 pm

    …I went to school with her. That’s wild.

  9. jennifer on January 7th, 2010 7:43 pm

    i know toya and something had to have happened i could be wrong cuz i dont her that well but its all weird to me

  10. none of your business on January 7th, 2010 8:33 am

    whitepunk,
    guess you have never known anyone who took the photos of prisoners.
    I have know 4.
    They will tell you that one of the officers always says something a second
    before the picture is taken.
    The second the guy says it, the photographer snaps.
    It’s a set up.

    It’s hard telling what they said to make her smirk, but believe me,
    a officer caused that smirk. How would it look, if they said all
    this crap about someone who looked like dorothy in the wizard of
    oz. They have to make this woman look bad.

    OK I’m not saying she isn’t or is!
    I’m just telling you what I know they do to get these pictures!

    Believe it not….

  11. jc on January 6th, 2010 11:12 pm

    This scares me so bad…How can u take another life…I just dont get it why do people have to kill others…You need to get god in your life

  12. concerned on January 6th, 2010 1:05 pm

    nothing to “love” about this monster. they get younger everyday.

  13. whitepunknotondope on January 6th, 2010 11:56 am

    You gotta love that “murderer’s smirk”.