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State To Seek Death Penalty In Cantonment Double Murder
December 30, 2015
An Escambia County Jury has indicted a Cantonment man for a double murder earlier this month on Jacks Branch Road.
Chad Mark Fontenot, 45, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder in the death of Kim Boswell and Wendell Nichols. They were found shot to death at Boswell’s home on Jack’s Branch Road on December 13. Fontenot is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges on Thursday. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty in the case.
After receiving a 911 call on December 13 about 8:15 p.m. from Fontenot reporting the shooting, deputies arrived at the home in the 900 block of Jacks Branch Road to find Fontenot standing the garage where he was taken into custody without incident.
Inside the home, deputies discovered the bodies of Wendell Dwayne Nichols, age 50 of Cantonment, on the living room couch and Kim M. Boswell, age 46 of Cantonment, in a bedroom. Both were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Fontenot was transported to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to be interviewed after telling he deputies that he knew what he did and was willing to cooperate, according to an arrest report. He requested a lawyer once at the Sheriff’s Office, ending the interview.
Nichols’ girlfriend told deputies that she had been dating him for about two weeks and he was living with Boswell while he recuperating from a recent injury. The witness said Boswell and Fontenot were in a relationship, but they were constantly arguing and that Fontenot was very controlling and aggressive with Boswell. Nichols’ girlfriend said she received a text from him about 4 p.m. saying that he was sick of hearing Boswell and Fontenot argue and that he wished he had never moved in.
Nichols’ girlfriend called him at 8 p.m. and spoke for him for just under eight minutes. She told investigators that she heard a loud bang, a woman screaming and then the phone disconnected. She attempted to call Nichols and Boswell several times without success.
When investigators searched the home, they found a revolver sitting on top of freezer in the garage. The revolver contained four spent casings and five unspent casings, according to an arrest report.
Fontenot remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
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9 Responses to “State To Seek Death Penalty In Cantonment Double Murder”
Prayers for the families. We’ll all reap what we sew……..Amen RIP Wendell
Forgiveness is for those who truly repent. Those who quote parts of the Bible should read the rest of it.
If this person goes to Hell it will be because he rejected the Lord, not because he was put to death.
My heart will never heal .. My family has been changed and never will be the same again.. For all that say CHAD should not be put to death after what he has done obviously does not understand.. What if it wa your dad , husband , brother , son, daughter, mother, sister, wife??? What if you were us ?? Lost with out direction , missing your family ?? Your friend ?? Murdered by a monster .. How can anyone defend such a monster .. ?
I love you Wendell Nichols and Kim Boswell .. Y’all may be gone but you will always be in every heart of everyone you ever touched .. Because that’s the kind of loving people you both were.. You made every person you ever met smile the first time they heard you talk .. Wendell you have left behind a void in the hearts of my our children , this Christmas was a very sad day in our home , you and Kim were suppose to come see us .. Sigh .. We love you both for all eternity !!
I pray the justice system does their job on this case , if CHAD wants to find God he needs to do it now ! R.I.P
Don’t be so quick to wish him death. Everyone deserves forgiveness if for no other reason than your own peace of mind. I hope that he is remorseful and that he finds God’s forgivness whatever happens to him. And I pray that until he finds God he is not put to death. It would be a sad thing to get to heaven and know that you egged on the killing of a person who needed to be saved before dieing and becuase of that they are in hell for eternity. I know what was done is wrong, and you are all hurting. But we all deserve much worse than what God allows in our lives. None of us are worth of forgivness yet we can all obtain it easily. Hopefully this man can find forgivness from God and you can find a way to forgive for your own peace. Praying for both families and all those that are touched by this. Such a sad waste of life on both ends.
He deserve what he gets . he killed my aunt Kim and my step dad Wendell . I hope he really gets death pently . he needs it and my family needs judice . the sad part is that he waited until 2 days before my cousin had her baby . we all love y’all . rest in peace aunt Kim and dad . the sad part is they didn’t dereves it .
That monster deserves it… Rest I’m peace aunt Kim we all love u
My aunt Kim was a loving wonderful person who did not deserve to die. That monster in this photo is being tried with the death penalty and deserves it. He had no remorse took her from her daughter 2 days before her first grand child was born. It was premeditated because he waited until my pregnant cousin left. This is what she came home too. Rest in peace Aunt Kim you are with Mike now n finally free
R.I.P AUNT KIM!!!! GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTT EN!!! CANT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED. I LOVE YOU!!!! WATCH OVER ME && KAIDEN && Ashley && Jesse!!! And over the hole family!!! I hope he gets the death penetly !!! I hope he rots in prison!!!
I am so happy they will seek the death penalty!! He took a man from us that could never be replaced. I didn’t know Kim but I do know she did not deserve what that guy done to her either. We will miss Wendall and expect the worst for CHAD!!! Rip Wendall and Kim.. U will always be in our hearts..