November 28: Robert Towns Leigh, a 44-year-old homeless man from Tallahassee, was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat by two teens. James Roberts, 18, and his cousin William Anthony Myers, 16, admitted to police that they beat Leigh around 1:00 AM. The two teens have been charged with capital murder.

Leigh had been in Miami visiting a friend and intended on hitchhiking back up to Tallahassee. The teens claimed that they were “startled” by Leigh, who told them to leave him alone, and decided to go home to arm themselves. They returned to the bench and attacked Leigh.

Richard, Leigh’s brother, commented to a Tallahassee news source about the death of his brother, “It’s just a senseless crime. I can’t believe this happened.”