{"id":131632,"date":"2026-01-26T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/131632\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:29:10","slug":"grieving-son-mourns-mother-killed-in-leon-county-valdosta-string-of-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/131632\/","title":{"rendered":"Grieving son mourns mother killed in Leon County, Valdosta string of murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A grieving son will spend his 21st birthday processing the loss of his mother, Sheena Kenon, one of three victims in a string of homicides uncovered by police last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Thaiyon Cloud said he spoke with his mother just one day before learning she had been killed. Kenon was fatally shot near the Apalachicola Public Range in Leon County, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cloud said he is still processing the loss as he plans his mother\u2019s funeral just days before his birthday, which he had planned to celebrate with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cShe was a God-fearing woman,\u201d Cloud said. \u201cEverybody she was around, she touched them in some way. She could walk into a room and light the whole room up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators say 54-year-old Flay Rollins shot Kenon multiple times. Rollins has been charged with three counts of murder, two in Leon County and one in Lowndes County, Georgia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators say the killings occurred within a 24 to 48-hour period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More on crime in our area:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Prosecutors confirmed Rollins had previously been accused of trying to kill Kenon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court records show he was arrested in 2018 after an argument at Kenon\u2019s apartment, where police say he stabbed her in the back and fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kenon was from Gadsden County and lived in Tallahassee. 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