Latest Headlines
- Several Inches Of Rain Possible Today, Turning Colder By Wednesday Night
- New Credit Union Location Planned On Nine Mile Road At Milestone
- Former Treasurer Indicted On 36 Felony Counts For Allegedly Stealing From NWE Youth Sports
- Escambia Motorcylist Struck And Killed Sunday Afternoon
- Tate High School Names Students Of The Month
- AAA: Florida Gas Prices Up A Couple Of Cents Over Past Week
- Deputies Arrest Burglary Suspect On Chemstrand Road
- Escambia County EMS Employees Recognized As “Healers” For Helping Circle K Burn Victim
- East Tops West 3-0 In All-Star Volleyball Action (With Gallery)
- Escambia BOCC To Install Four Commissioners, New Chair And Vice-Chair
Chumuckla Man Murdered By His Cousin; Strangled And Ran Over By A Golf Cart, SRSO Says
July 20, 2023
A man was killed Wednesday evening in Chumuckla by his cousin, according to authorities.
Robert Patrick Jernigan, 53, is in the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond on a charge of homicide.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a death investigation Wednesday evening in the 1800 block of Schnoor Road at Chumuckla Springs Road.
Deputies arrived to find Stephen Lee Jernigan deceased. According to an arrest report, Robert Jernigan choked the victim and ran over him with a golf cart. Stephen Jernigan was found dead under the golf cart by his wife.
The report states it was the first time Robert Jernigan had been to the home in about six years. The wife told authorities that the men were arguing downstairs before going outside the home. It was about 45 minutes later that Stephen Jernigan was found deceased.
.
Comments
2 Responses to “Chumuckla Man Murdered By His Cousin; Strangled And Ran Over By A Golf Cart, SRSO Says”
Steve met him on FaceBook. in 2014. He is not related close to Bobby. He would be a 5th or 6th cousin. Steve was always good to Boby. I wish they would not put cousin on the news,
R.I.P. Steve….You were a genuine good guy. You will be missed .Prayers to his family. Glad that the perp was caught so quickly and justice will come. Sad that it was his own cousin that took his life.