BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Jealousy was at the root of a murder in Bradford County last week, according to arrest reports.
Emery Crews Jr., 41, was found in the HCA Florida’s Starke Emergency around 4:51 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, with a stab wound to the torso from which he later died.
Arrested for first-degree murder were the accused killer, Gary Alvin Weeks, 39, and the man who allegedly drove him to the murder scene, Thomas Borland, 41.
Joshua Ward, 34, Dianne Chamberlin, 68, and Stephanie Brunson, 41, were also arrested, and they were all charged with evidence tampering.
According to text messages deputies discovered on Borland’s phone, Weeks told Borland he planned to kill both Crews and Brunson because Brunson and Weeks were romantically involved, and Weeks found out Crews was also in a sexual relationship with Brunson.
After Weeks informed Borland that he intended to kill his girlfriend and her new lover, Borland responded by texting: “Just don’t tell them (we’re) coming.”
Chamberlin, Brunson, and Ward have been accused of cleaning the vehicle in which the victim was stabbed and of discarding his bloody clothing.
