Prosecutors: Fla. Turnpike killings drug-related

West Palm Beach : FL : USA | Jan 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM PST

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

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Prosecutors are saying at the start of a trial that two men accused of killing a family along a Florida Turnpike were settling drug debts and stealing cocaine. In opening arguments Tuesday, prosecutors said Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. were involved in a violent cocaine ring that led to the execution-style... FULL ARTICLE AT Lexington Herald-Leader

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