MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A husband and wife out for a bike ride Sunday morning were found on the side of the road stabbed to death with their throats slashed in a Daytona Beach neighborhood.
“This is probably one of the most vicious and gruesome incidents that I’ve witnessed in my 20 years,” said police Chief Jakari Young.
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Police believe the couple, Terry and Brenda Aultman, was on their way back home when they were attacked.
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The couple’s bodies were found in a residential area close to where popular Bike Week events were taking place. Investigators don’t think it was part of a robbery because the Aultmans still had their valuables on them. They do, however, have a potential lead.
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Video from a smoke shop business captured a man in the area a short time before the Aultmans were murdered. He’s considered a person of interest and the police would like to speak with him.