A family member of two triple stabbing victims is speaking out, saying the suspect lived in a shed behind the home for years.<\/p>\n
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The stepdaughter and sister of two victims killed in a triple stabbing on Jacksonville\u2019s Westside is remembering her loved ones while searching for answers after the brutal attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
30-year-old Austin Fisher is in the Duval County jail facing three second-degree murder charges in connection to the deaths of 49-year-old Edwin Barber, 27-year-old Savannah Barber and 37-year-old Shad Cole.<\/p>\n
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, officers responded around 3 a.m. Thursday to a call about a man knocking on a resident\u2019s front door in a neighborhood on Exodus Way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they said they found Edwin Barber suffering from a stab wound to the chest on a neighbor\u2019s porch. Investigators said he had been attacked at his home down the street and ran for help.<\/p>\n
Police then went to Barber\u2019s home, where they found Savannah Barber dead inside a bedroom with multiple stab wounds. While canvassing the neighborhood, officers found Shad Cole dead outside another home, also suffering from multiple stab wounds.<\/p>\n
Savannah and Cole died at the scene. Edwin later died at a hospital, according to JSO.<\/p>\n
Investigators said tips from the community helped identify Fisher as a suspect. Police later found him at a motel in the Normandy Village area, where officers say he barricaded himself inside during a standoff before eventually being taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Now, family members are trying to make sense of the loss.<\/p>\n
Khristen Norman, Edwin Barber\u2019s stepdaughter and Savannah Barber\u2019s older sister, said she learned about the killings through a phone call from another sibling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m numb right now because I just can\u2019t believe it,\u201d Norman said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m gonna miss her. I\u2019m not gonna be able to talk to her or hear her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norman spoke with First Coast News from her home in Baxley, Georgia, where she reflected on the bond she shared with both her stepfather and younger sister.<\/p>\n
She described Savannah as outspoken and magnetic, someone who naturally drew people in.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe wanted everybody to see her like she was just that person, and everybody wanted to be around her,\u201d Norman said.<\/p>\n
Savannah had also been working to build her own cleaning company.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When speaking about Edwin, Norman remembered his personality fondly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was loud. He was funny,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Norman said Edwin and Savannah shared a close relationship.<\/p>\n
She also remembered Shad Cole, the boyfriend of Savannah.<\/p>\n
\u201cShad was quiet, but he always made sure Savannah was taken care of,\u201d Norman said.<\/p>\n
Norman said Fisher had been a longtime friend of the family and had been living in a shed behind the home for about three years.<\/p>\n
She said Savannah often made sure he had food and looked after him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Savannah cooked dinner, she would make sure he ate,\u201d Norman said.<\/p>\n
Now, Norman said she is left grappling with questions she cannot answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you go in there and take somebody\u2019s life while they\u2019re sleeping?\u201d Norman said. \u201cImagine waking up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat made you do it?\u201d she added. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Fisher remains in jail and will await his first court appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A family member of two triple stabbing victims is speaking out, saying the suspect lived in a shed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-289936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289936","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=289936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}