{"id":186353,"date":"2026-03-10T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186353\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:26:07","slug":"florida-woman-confesses-to-stabbing-76-year-old-roommate-to-death-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186353\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman confesses to stabbing 76-year-old roommate to death, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida woman confessed to stabbing her 76-year-old roommate to death before covering his body with a tarp, stealing his truck and driving away from the scene, according to authorities. <\/p>\n

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> identified the suspect as Shannon R. Giblin, 48. <\/p>\n

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Shannon R. Giblin (Photo: Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

In a news release, the sheriff’s office said deputies were dispatched to a home on Sunday after they received a report about a person who was not breathing. When they arrived at the home, they found a man, later identified as Paul De Wayne Bradley, who was dead. <\/p>\n

Police said they tracked Giblin down in Bradley’s truck, which was missing from the driveway, in Sarasota County. <\/p>\n

“As Charlotte County detectives questioned Giblin, she provided a confession to stabbing Bradley following an argument,” Sheriff Bill Prummell said in the release.”After realizing that the victim was beyond help, Giblin then covered Bradley with a tarp and left the scene in the victim\u2019s pickup truck,” Prummell added.<\/p>\n

Online jail records<\/a> show Giblin was charged with second-degree murder, as well as grand theft of a motor vehicle. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to recognize my Major Crimes detectives who worked this case through the night and identified the suspect quickly,” Prummell said. “They truly show a dedication to their craft and the results are irrefutable. I also want to thank the Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office for their quick actions in locating and detaining her based on the intelligence my team was able to share. As I have always said, Southwest Florida is fortunate to have law enforcement who work together so effectively for the people we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Giblin is being held without bond, according to the release. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida woman confessed to stabbing her 76-year-old roommate to death before covering his body with a tarp,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-186353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}