Deadly Obsession
In September 2004, Florida Keys residents Carl ?Charlie? Brandt and his wife Teri sought refuge from Hurricane Ivan in the Orlando home of Teri's niece, Michelle Jones. A few days after the Brandts' arrival, police discovered their bodies. Teri had been stabbed to death; Michelle had been brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hung himself in the garage. Brandt's older sister Angela revealed to lead investigator Rob Hemmert that Charlie, at the age of 13 in 1971, had shot both his parents in their Fort Wayne, Indiana home, killing his mother, then eight months pregnant. Because Charlie was a juvenile, state authorities never charged him with murder, but sent him to a mental institution for a little more than a year. Further investigation indicated that Brandt had committed a number of other murders.
In September 2004, Florida Keys residents Carl ?Charlie? Brandt and his wife Teri sought refuge from Hurricane Ivan in the Orlando home of Teri's niece, Michelle Jones. A few days after the Brandts' arrival, police discovered their bodies. Teri had been stabbed to death; Michelle had been brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hung himself in the garage. Brandt's older sister Angela revealed to lead investigator Rob Hemmert that Charlie, at the age of 13 in 1971, had shot both his parents in their Fort Wayne, Indiana home, killing his mother, then eight months pregnant. Because Charlie was a juvenile, state authorities never charged him with murder, but sent him to a mental institution for a little more than a year. Further investigation indicated that Brandt had committed a number of other murders.
