A man and a woman are facing second-degree murder charges in the Bernadine Montgomery homicide case, Leesburg Police officials said Saturday.
- Bernadine Montgomery, 84, was last seen June 15
- Police think she was killed at her Leesburg home
- Man, woman facing 2nd-degree murder charges
At a news conference, detectives said Tracie Jo Naffziger and David Adam Mariotti will be charged in the 84-year-old woman's death.
Detectives from the Leesburg Police Department and Putnam County Sheriff's Office are working together to recover Montgomery's body in an unknown location in Putnam County.
Mariotti is in Gilchrist County Jail, waiting to be transitioned to Lake County. Naffziger was already in Lake County Jail for unrelated charges. She will face a judge at a first appearance Sunday morning, deputies said. Police think the two were acquaintances with Montgomery.
Motor vehicle grand theft charges have been dropped against Jeremy David Gentry, who was arrested Thursday, June 23, after police said he was seen in Montgomery's vehicle.
Leesburg Police think Montgomery, who was last seen June 15, was killed in her home and then taken away shortly after. A concerned neighbor reported her missing June 22 after not seeing her for more than a week.
This is an ongoing investigation, police said.