TALK ABOUT A BREAK IN THAT HEAT AS WELL. COMING UP. >> BREAKING NEWS. WE JUST LEARNED THAT THIS WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF STABBING HER ROOMMATE TO DEATH AT A HOME IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY. DEPUTIES COTTER IN SARASOTA COUNTY AND SAY SHE CONFESSED TO KILLING PAUL BRADLEY AT THEIR HOME. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE VICTIM FROM HIS FACEBOOK PAGE. GOOD EVENING, I’M KELLY BYRNE AND I’M PETER BUSCH. THE 2 LIVED TOGETHER IN THE RANCH. ITS COMMUNITY ALONG GO ON BOULEVARD EAST OF I-75. >> GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER KENDALL BRAND IS LIVE AT THE HOME. SPEAKING TO PAUL’S FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. >> DEPUTIES TRACK DOWN THAT MURDER SUSPECT IN THE VICTIM’S PICKUP TRUCK. THEY SAY THAT SHE TOOK FROM THE VICTIM’S HOUSE HERE ON GO ON BOULEVARD HERE IN THE RANCH. ET’S THEY TRACKED HER DOWN IN SARASOTA COUNTY IS DEPUTIES ARE STILL ON SCENE A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR AFTER ANNOUNCING THAT ARREST. NOW A FRIEND I SPOKE WITH SAYS THAT WOMAN CLAIMED TO BE AN AT-HOME CAREGIVER. NOW HE TELLS ME WHEN HE LEARNED THAT HIS FRIEND WAS DEAD, HE IMMEDIATELY SUSPECTED IT WAS THE WOMAN DEPUTIES ENDED UP ARRESTING. >> FRIEND OF MINE, AN ASSOCIATE OF OF OURS WHO ALSO KNEW PAUL VERY WELL CALLED ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN MURDERED BY LADY THAT HAD MOVED IN LESS THAN A WEEK AT A MUFFLER TELLS ME HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO HELP. 76 YEAR-OLD PAUL BRADLEY FIND A CAREGIVER THROUGH THE VA. THEN. >> A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF SHANNON. GOOD LYNN MOVED IN CLAIMING TO BE A CAREGIVER 2 OR 3 DAYS. SHE STARTED DOING SOME STRANGE THINGS. HE LIED TO HIM ABOUT A FEW THINGS. HE CAUGHT THAT RIGHT AWAY. >> SO YESTERDAY FROM WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD, SOUNDS LIKE PAUL. HE SAID TO HER, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE. YOU HAVE TO BE OUT BY 4. AND IT APPEARS THAT SHORTLY AFTER HIS WIN. SHORTLY AFTER HE TOLD HER THAT IS WHEN SHE MURDERED. >> DEPUTIES FOUND BRADLEY DEAD YESTERDAY UNDERNEATH A TARP AT HIS HOME ON THE CORNER OF GO ON BOULEVARD ENAMEL ROPA DRIVE. THEY SPENT ALL EVENING SUNDAY AND MONDAY PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER EVENTUALLY TRACKING DUBLIN DOWN WITH BRADLEY’S PICKUP IN SARASOTA COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY SHE CONFESSED TO STABBING HIM TO DEATH. JT SOME WIFE AND >> ADVISED PAUL AGAINST IT. HE WAS GOING TO COME OVER YESTERDAY’S MATTER OF FACT. SO I COULD DRAW HER DRAFT FOR THE CONTRACT SO THAT HE CAN LEGALLY VICTORY. THINGS DIDN’T WORK OUT. >> THE INVESTIGATION IS ALSO PERSONAL FOR JODI SHARPENING WHO SAYS BRADLEY USE A MENTOR, HER SON. >> THEY WOULD EAT DINNER TOGETHER. PAUL WANTED TO MENTOR HIM, CAME OVER, ASKED IF IT WAS OK THAT, YOU KNOW, HE SEEN SOMETHING IN HIM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TO JUST EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, YOU SEE HIM TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY IN THE BEST WAY THAT HE POSSIBLY COULD. LE FLORE SAYS HIS FRIEND PAUL. >> WAS A GREAT MAN WITH A GOOD HEART AND GOOD MAN. BETTER MAN. AND I’LL EVER BE. OUR VETERANS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. >> THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE 2 ARGUED BEFORE BRADLEY DIED. LEFLORE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THAT CAREGIVER LEFT HIM ON THE GROUND AFTER HE FELL FOR SEVERAL HOURS INSIDE HIS HOME JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. NOW GIVE LYNN IS BEING TRANSPORTED BACK TO CH
Woman faces murder charge after deputies say she confessed to roommate stabbing in Charlotte County
Updated: 9:52 PM EDT Mar 9, 2026
A woman was arrested Monday after she was accused of murdering her roommate, following an argument at a Gewant Boulevard residence in Charlotte County Sunday.According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Shannon Rose Giblin, 48, was arrested as a suspect in the death of Paul De Wayne Bradley, 76.Bradley’s vehicle, a pickup truck, was missing from the driveway and detectives said they discovered it was driven to Sarasota County. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office found Giblin with the truck and she was detained.When Giblin was questioned, deputies say she reportedly confessed to stabbing Bradley following an argument and covering him with a tarp and leaving after she realized he couldn’t be helped.A friend of Paul Bradley’s, Adam LaFleur, said he suspected Giblin as soon as he heard his friend had died. LaFleur said Giblin claimed to be an at-home caregiver and was only living with Bradley for a week before his death. “Within two or three days, she started doing some strange things. She lied to him about a few things,” LaFleur said. “He caught that right away. So yesterday, he, from what I’ve been told, he, which sounds like Paul, he said to her, ‘You have to leave. You have to be out by 4.’ And it appears that shortly after his, when shortly after he told her that is when she murdered him.”Jody Scharping said she was saddened by the news of Bradley’s death. She said the 76-year-old mentored her son. “They would eat dinner together. Paul wanted to mentor them, came over, asked if it was okay that, you know, he seen something in him and things like that,” Scharping said. “Every time you turn around, you would see him trying to help somebody in the best way that he possibly could.”Both LaFleur and Scharping said they hope Giblin is held responsible for killing their friend, who they said had a heart of gold. “That was a damn good man, a better man than I’ll ever be, for sure,” LaFleur said. “A veteran. Our veterans deserve better than this.”Giblin was arrested and she is facing charges of non-premeditated murder and grand theft of a motor vehicle. She is being held without bond.Giblin’s family shared the following statement with Gulf Coast News:”First and foremost, to the Bradley family, Paul’s friends, all his loved ones and anyone else affected by this horrible, bereaving event: “Our hearts are deeply saddened by this inconceivable tragedy and the utter grief you most certainly must have been stricken with, by what is such an inconsolable loss. We can only imagine the pain you’re feeling. And words can hardly express how heartbroken we are and how very sincerely we apologize that this has been thrust upon you. We are so very sorry. “We will, in no way, attempt to deflect blame or responsibility for this crime away from the accused, who is a daughter, a sister, a mother and grandmother to those of us who are her family. This is something she will deal with, and the repercussions of it, every day, and eventually, before Our Lord God. We only wish the paths that have led us here today could have been altered so many years ago, so as not to have resulted in so many losses for so many people.”Finally, in general, we are once again confronted with the pain and anguish of The Mental Health Crisis, and the demons born of it, that has touched so many Americans, all across this nation. Also, there is another issue overshadowed by this today, which is Veterans Care in Our Beloved Country. The patriarch of our family served in Vietnam, possibly the same as Paul did, and enlisted during The Draft. He had seen first-hand what so many veterans experience everyday; a less than adequate system to care for our cherished soldiers when they return.”We hope this can be an inflection point and Spark of Awareness AND desire to change these problems for all these overlooked, underserved and, all too often, vulnerable members of Our Society. “When will Americans get the attention and services, that’s been paid for, to the people who need it, and deserve it, the most? When will our taxes benefit the taxpayers, especially our cherished veterans? “Rest In Peace, Paul Bradley”May God greet you with open arms!”DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. —
A woman was arrested Monday after she was accused of murdering her roommate, following an argument at a Gewant Boulevard residence in Charlotte County Sunday.
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Shannon Rose Giblin, 48, was arrested as a suspect in the death of Paul De Wayne Bradley, 76.
Bradley’s vehicle, a pickup truck, was missing from the driveway and detectives said they discovered it was driven to Sarasota County. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office found Giblin with the truck and she was detained.
When Giblin was questioned, deputies say she reportedly confessed to stabbing Bradley following an argument and covering him with a tarp and leaving after she realized he couldn’t be helped.
A friend of Paul Bradley’s, Adam LaFleur, said he suspected Giblin as soon as he heard his friend had died. LaFleur said Giblin claimed to be an at-home caregiver and was only living with Bradley for a week before his death.
“Within two or three days, she started doing some strange things. She lied to him about a few things,” LaFleur said. “He caught that right away. So yesterday, he, from what I’ve been told, he, which sounds like Paul, he said to her, ‘You have to leave. You have to be out by 4.’ And it appears that shortly after his, when shortly after he told her that is when she murdered him.”
Jody Scharping said she was saddened by the news of Bradley’s death. She said the 76-year-old mentored her son.
“They would eat dinner together. Paul wanted to mentor them, came over, asked if it was okay that, you know, he seen something in him and things like that,” Scharping said. “Every time you turn around, you would see him trying to help somebody in the best way that he possibly could.”
Both LaFleur and Scharping said they hope Giblin is held responsible for killing their friend, who they said had a heart of gold.
“That was a damn good man, a better man than I’ll ever be, for sure,” LaFleur said. “A veteran. Our veterans deserve better than this.”
Giblin was arrested and she is facing charges of non-premeditated murder and grand theft of a motor vehicle. She is being held without bond.
Giblin’s family shared the following statement with Gulf Coast News:
“First and foremost, to the Bradley family, Paul’s friends, all his loved ones and anyone else affected by this horrible, bereaving event:
“Our hearts are deeply saddened by this inconceivable tragedy and the utter grief you most certainly must have been stricken with, by what is such an inconsolable loss. We can only imagine the pain you’re feeling. And words can hardly express how heartbroken we are and how very sincerely we apologize that this has been thrust upon you. We are so very sorry.
“We will, in no way, attempt to deflect blame or responsibility for this crime away from the accused, who is a daughter, a sister, a mother and grandmother to those of us who are her family. This is something she will deal with, and the repercussions of it, every day, and eventually, before Our Lord God. We only wish the paths that have led us here today could have been altered so many years ago, so as not to have resulted in so many losses for so many people.
“Finally, in general, we are once again confronted with the pain and anguish of The Mental Health Crisis, and the demons born of it, that has touched so many Americans, all across this nation. Also, there is another issue overshadowed by this today, which is Veterans Care in Our Beloved Country. The patriarch of our family served in Vietnam, possibly the same as Paul did, and enlisted during The Draft. He had seen first-hand what so many veterans experience everyday; a less than adequate system to care for our cherished soldiers when they return.
“We hope this can be an inflection point and Spark of Awareness AND desire to change these problems for all these overlooked, underserved and, all too often, vulnerable members of Our Society.
“When will Americans get the attention and services, that’s been paid for, to the people who need it, and deserve it, the most? When will our taxes benefit the taxpayers, especially our cherished veterans?
“Rest In Peace, Paul Bradley
“May God greet you with open arms!”
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.