On May 12, 2025, a robbery attempt in Lakeland’s Secret Cove neighborhood left two people dead. Nineteen-year-old Davin Boutwell was fatally shot through the chest during what investigators describe as an attempted robbery after he stopped near Ned Engle Boulevard and Pirates Way for what appeared to be a drug transaction. Boutwell then accelerated away at high speed, striking and killing 38-year-old Nathaniel Jones Jr., who was riding an electric bicycle, before crashing through the front wall of a nearby residence and coming to rest inside a bedroom.

Authorities found two gallon-sized bags of marijuana and a large amount of cash in Boutwell’s white Mercedes and noted a chest tattoo reading Life is a gamble. Six people were arrested; four primary suspects — Alexander Zarion Colon-Martinez, David Yule Jr., Anthony Scott Roush, and Kristian Xavier Guzman — were charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Investigators say Colon-Martinez fired the shot that killed Boutwell, and Guzman allegedly recruited minors for the plan. Two others, Jessica M. Chambers and Isabella Brooke Farley, face accessory charges. The shooting weapon has not been recovered.

Are there readers who were in Secret Cove that afternoon or who saw the white Mercedes or a silver Nissan Altima that could help fill in gaps about what happened?