Erika Ellen Winford, 51, was found shot to death in the backyard of her Jacksonville home in the Durkeeville area on February 10, 2025. A friend who went to check on her after not being able to reach her found a large amount of blood on the rear doorstep and discovered Winford’s body wrapped in blankets in the driveway. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said she suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head, stomach, and left leg.

Investigators detained Winford’s son, 28-year-old Eric Christopher Cobb, at the scene. Cobb had been living with his mother at the West 15th Street residence. Officers found an AR-style rifle and a 9mm semiautomatic handgun in the living room and recovered 14 spent 9mm shell casings inside a trash bag in a trash can in front of the home. Friends told police Winford had expressed fear of her son in the days before her death, saying she did not want to return home and describing him as possessed and needing medication she could not afford.

Cobb was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Does anyone in the Durkeeville area have information about Winford, Cobb, or what happened at that West 15th Street address?