infoFlorida Mom Finds Sons, 12 and 14, Brutally Killed with Hammer and Knife After She Wakes Up

Florida Mom Finds Sons, 12 and 14, Brutally Killed with Hammer and Knife After She Wakes Up

30-year-old Mark Wilson Jr. allegedly used a hammer and a knife to kill the two boys, Robert Baker, 12, and 14-year-old Tayten Baker, in their Melrose home.

Wilson has been charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder.

The motive for the slayings is unclear but Putnam County Sheriff Gator DeLoach says Wilson had allegedly been on a methamphetamine binge prior to the boy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s death.

The boys' family had recently moved into the Melrose home after relocating from Polk County 16 days earlier. Wilson and the boys' aunt had moved into the backyard shed soon after that.

\u00e2\u0080\u009cOut of the kindness of their heart, they took these two in and this was the end result of it, unfortunately,\u00e2\u0080\u009d says DeLoach.

DeLoach wrote: \u00e2\u0080\u009c...The sick monster responsible for Tayten and Robert\u00e2\u0080\u0099s brutal murder was arrested last night. ... Unfortunately, Robert and Tayten were the ones who suffered whatever was going through Wilson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s twisted agenda. As a parent, the murders of Robert and Tayten are an unimaginable loss to a family. I can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t begin to understand the anguish their parents are suffering. ... My sincere hope is that the death penalty is pursued in these senseless murders.\u00e2\u0080\u009d