Man Indicted For North Santa Rosa Murders

December 7, 2010

A Santa Rosa County grand jury has indicted a man on two charges of murder in connection with bodies found on a secluded Allentown Road in September.

Robert Lee Hobart was indicted Monday on two counts of first degree murder with a firearm for the deaths of Robert Hamm, 41, and Tracie Tolbert, 43. Hobart is being held without bond in the Santa Rosa County Jail; he will be arraigned January 4.

Hamm and Tolbert were discovered shot to death September 22 on Jesse Allen Road in Allentown. Both victims died from gunshot wounds, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

“Hobart was developed as a suspect in the murders early during the investigation but detectives waited for conclusive forensic evidence before making the arrest,” according to Marc Ward, spokesperson for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Hobart has been in the Santa Rosa County Jail since October 4 on unrelated drug charges. His arrest was delayed as investigators waited for the results of DNA tests, Ward said. The murder weapon was recovered, and investigators said ballistics tests matched the weapon to both the shell casings and the bullets recovered from the crime scene.

A resident of Jesse Allen Road called authorities to report what looked like a large amount of blood in Jesse Allen Road. When deputies arrived, deputies found the two bodies on opposite sides of the roadway.

Jesse Allen Road runs west off Highway 87, about 18 miles south of Jay and not far from Central High School.

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One Response to “Man Indicted For North Santa Rosa Murders”

  1. Horrific! on December 7th, 2010 7:21 am

    Drugs…

    Will it ever stop!

    I have no use for ppl who in the first place are stupid enough to get on
    drugs and then are too stupid to admit they are ruining their lives before
    it ever gets to this stage.

    YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID….
    PUT HIM AWAY FOR LIFE JUDGE….we don’t need this kind of trash loose..

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