On October 15, 2023, Marion County Sheriff’s Office detectives found two people dead from apparent gunshot wounds at an apartment on Southeast 52nd Avenue in the Whispering Sands area of Ocala, Florida. The victims were identified as 32-year-old Kevin Ray Russell and 60-year-old Sandy Kara Bobman.

A friend of Russell and Bobman went to the apartment to check on them and discovered their bodies, prompting the response. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes unit has taken over the investigation and is treating the deaths as a double homicide. Detectives have followed up on tips but report no significant new developments; the probe is ongoing and is said to be unrelated to other double deaths in Marion County that month.

Anyone with information about Russell or Bobman, their movements in Ocala, or the events of October 15, 2023, is asked to come forward.