Indictments returned in love triangle murder

Assistant State Attorney Jacquelyn Roys informed Historic City News local reporters that the Spring Term Grand Jury has returned indictments against 24-year-old Justin Adam Boyles and 38-year-old Charles Danny Massey, for the kidnapping and first-degree murder of 54-year-old Edward Scott Mullener, Jr., whose last known address was on Hernandez Avenue in Palm Coast.

Mullener’s charred remains were discovered in the trunk of his 1983 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Sedan that had been set afire in the woods of southwest St Johns County on the evening of June 13, 2013.

Both Boyles and Massey remain in custody, without bond — one sent to the St Johns County Detention Facility, the other to the Flagler County Jail.

Homicide detectives described a “love triangle” involving the victim and Justin Boyles; who were both romantically involved with a woman who lives nearby on Sanchez Avenue in the Hammock. According to the affidavit obtained by Historic City News, Mullener went to the woman’s home and an argument ensued. She told officers that she wanted Mullener to leave, but he would not.

Telephone records verify that the woman made three phone calls to Boyles on June 13th; one at 7:39pm, one at 7:40pm and another at 7:41pm. The duration of each phone call was approximately one minute. The woman stated that she called Boyles and asked him to come over because Scott would not leave.

Detectives working the case believe that Boyles and Massey went to the woman’s house, kidnapped and possibly tortured Mullener, then placed him in the trunk of his car, and may have burned him to death, along with the car, while he was still alive.

Forensic testing by District 23 Medical Examiner, Dr. Predrag Bulic, identified the body using a dental bridge recovered from the trunk of the victim’s vehicle and medical “pins” in one bone; both of which are consistent with information provided by the Mullener family.