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VCSO jail mug / Frances R. Gibson of Edgewater, shown at left in the larger photo, has been charged with murder in the slaying of Jennifer Rado, a wife and mother of two from New Smyrna Beach. EDGEWATER -- Jennifer Rado was murdered and her alleged killer led investigators to her skeletal remains off Maytown Road, Edgewater Police Chief Dave Arcieri told NSBNews.net at 6:30 a.m., adding she "confessed" to the slaying in which the victim was beaten so badly with fists that they caused lacerations to her head and face.
"Frances R. Gibson confessed to the murder of Jennifer Rado and led us to the body," Arcieri said, adding she was charged with first-degree murder Monday night.
Charging affidavits released by police show that the victim, Jennifer Rado, was tied up with electrical tape and wiring before her body was disposed of in woods off Maytown Road in Oak Hill.
Edgewater police were led to two other bodies by hikers in a remote wooded area of Opposum Camp Road, just west of Interstate 95, by a couple of hikers, but there is no connection with the Rado slaying, the police chief said.
Rado was last seen alive the night of July 13, when she attended a party at Gibson's Florida Shores residence on Needle Palm Drive. Police believe drugs were behind the killing. How Rado was murdered has yet to be releasedand an autopsy has been ordered for the Volusia County Medical Examiner to determine the exact cause of death.
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