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Molino Home Invasion Investigation Is Continuing; No Connection To Flomaton Incident

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is still looking into the case of two reported Molino home invasion attacks on cheerleaders last year.

Investigators are still interviewing persons in the case, Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Ted Roy said Thursday. “It is still an active case,” he said.

Authorities say there is no known connection whatsoever between the Molino home invasions and a home invasion and sexual assault of a 40-year old woman Thursday morning near Flomaton, Ala. (Read more about the Flomaton case here.)

“We are still pursuing any and all leads,” Sheriff David Morgan told NorthEscambia.com recently. He said his investigative team is keeping him updated on the progress of the case, but Morgan said he was unable to indicate a time frame for a possible resolution to the case.

Escambia County Sheriff’s Department investigators have returned to Molino several times since the incidents, questioning some of those involved with the two cases, Sgt. Ted Roy said recently.

A 13-year old Ernest Ward Middle School cheerleader reported that she was attacked by a knife-wielding intruder while she was home alone the night of October 31, 2009, at her home in the 7000 block of Highway 95A. The girl told deputies that a man entered the home through a window (pictured left), and one tried to attack her with a knife. The middle school student was cut multiple times on her hands in an apparent attempt to fight off her attacker as she was pinned on a bed, but she was not otherwise injured. Her injuries were not considered serious.

A 16-year old told investigators that a tall, slender white male had entered her home on  Nancy Lane through a utility room window the morning of November 3, 2009. She told authorities that she fought back — throwing drinking glasses at her attacker and dousing him with pepper spray. She then fled the home, running to nearby Highland Baptist Church for help. She described her attacker as wearing a black ski mask, a long black shirt and black pants.

To read previous stories, click a link below:

• Cheerleader Home Invasion Victim: “I Was Scared”
• Sheriff’s Report Details Friday Night’s Home Invasion
• Another Cheerleader Attacked In Second Molino Home Invasion
• Are The Two Cheerleader Home Invasion Attacks Related
• Molino Remains On High Alert After Attacks
• Home Invasion In Molino: Young Teen Cut Multiple Times With Knife

Pictured top: The attacker in the November 3 home invasion in Molino entered this Nancy Lane home through this utility room window. Pictured top inset: The October 31 suspect reportedly entered a home on Highway 95A through this window.  Pictured below: The victim in the Nancy Lane attack ran to nearby Highland Baptist Church for help. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.