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Judd says it all started when Blandin broke into a home in Fort Meade while an 18-year-old girl was asleep inside. The victim told deputies Blandin was standing naked in front of her when she woke up and told her he was going to sexually batter her. The sheriff says Blandin then pulled a knife on the girl, put it to her throat and made her perform oral sex on him.

In a news conference Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a “bizarre” and “tragic” chain of events started early Tuesday morning in Fort Meade.

Judd says it all started when Blandin broke into a home in Fort Meade while an 18-year-old girl was asleep inside. The victim told deputies Blandin was standing naked in front of her when she woke up and told her he was going to sexually batter her. The sheriff says Blandin then pulled a knife on the girl, put it to her throat and made her perform oral sex on him.

“He rounded up four firearms from the residence as well,” Judd said. “Two handguns and two rifles.”

Blandin is then accused of “hog-tying” the victim, wrapping her in a blanket, putting her in his car and taking off.

“She said they left Fort Meade and went toward Frostproof,” Judd said. “And she said before we got to Highway 27, he turned on some dirt roads that she didn’t recognize…and he stopped at a dirt path.”

When Blandin stopped at the dirt path, Sheriff Judd says he got out and opened a gate, then got back in his car and drove behind some bushes to a mobile home that was not visible from the road.

The victim told deputies Blandin then went to the front door of the mobile home and knocked.

“She said an elderly lady came to the door with white hair. They had a conversation and (Blandin) went into the residence with her,” the sheriff said.

At that point, deputies say the 18-year-old had freed herself and got into the front seat of the car to take off back toward Fort Meade. She told deputies she pulled into the neighbor’s yard across the street from where she lives so she could use their phone. Blandin still had her cell phone on him, deputies say.

The 18-year-old said just moments later, Blandin pulled in driving the red van she saw outside the elderly woman’s home in Frostproof. Judd says Blandin jumped out of the car and started shooting at the girl, who started running away.

“While he’s shooting at her, he shoots an 81-year-old lady sitting in her wheelchair. It hits her in the foot,” Judd said.

Blandin then jumped back into his own car and took off, Judd says.

When detectives got to the scene to start investigating what happened, the 18-year-old told them she knew who Blandin was. Judd said during his news conference the girl told them Blandin went to school with her boyfriend.

Deputies were then sent to the home where Blandin allegedly took the red van. When deputies got there, Judd says there was smoke in the house because Blandin tried to set it on fire.

When they got inside, deputies say they found an 80-year-old woman who had been shot twice and killed.

“After he executed her, he piled plastic bottles and some kind of cloth on top of the stove and turned the stove on in an effort to set the mobile home on fire,” Judd said.

“As we arrived at the scene, we saw a blood trail coming out of the house and we saw a big patch of blood on the ground,” Judd added. “What we discovered through our investigation is he not only shot and murdered this 80-year-old woman in her home, she was holding her baby – her 10-year-old dog Kelly.”

Kelly survived but suffered a broken foot and lacerations from a bullet that went through her. Kelly is now being cared for by a vet and will be returned to the family of the victim.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen an absolute total disregard for life,” Judd said. “But Taiwan Blandin for whatever reason – and we do not know what that reason is – went on a killing spree and a sexual battery spree yesterday.”

Blandin is still at large. Deputies do not know where he is but believe he was last near Macon, Georgia.

“So we trailed him out of the state. Doesn’t mean he’s still out of the state, we don’t know where he is,” Judd said.

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Found this in my feed this morning -

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Polk County Murder Suspect Linked to Rape Case in Wauchula

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The manhunt for Polk County murder suspect Taiwan Blandin, 30, continues.
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Investigators say his car was recently spotted in Atlanta, and now even U.S. Marshals are after him.

Blandin is accused of a Polk County crime spree that includes murder and sexual battery of an 18-year-old. The crimes happened in Fort Meade and Frostproof on October 1.

Wauchula Police issued a warrant Friday for Taiwan Blandin's arrest for two counts of sexual battery. It's a case that dates back to May.

Investigators believe Blandin raped two women at a house party in Wauchula. One of the women was found unconscious.
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https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/n...urder-suspect-linked-to-rape-case-in-wauchula
 
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Update: Taiwan Blandin was taken into custody October 14th in Atlanta, Georgia.
He carjacked a car around 2:30 a.m. at a convenience store, and a BOLO was put out. When spotted, he tried to evade capture by speeding that stolen Honda up, and in all the excitement, crashed said car. He leaped out, leaving a female companion in the vehicle, but was promptly captured, and sent back to Polk County, Florida, where he faces a shitload of serious charges. His nitwit female companion was arrested on the spot for being an accomplice to the carjacking.
 

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