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Police: Pinellas Necrophilia Plot Thwarted

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By MIKE WELLS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 27, 2007

A budding online friendship between a Citrus Springs man and a St. Petersburg man turned sinister when one invited the other to help him kill someone and then have sex with the body, Citrus County sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff's deputies on Friday arrested Kevin Wade Daley, 50, of Citrus Springs, charging him with criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder. They also searched his home located at 2377 W. Swanson Dr.

Kevin Daley

On Oct. 11, Citrus deputies received a call from a 44-year-old St. Petersburg man. He explained how he'd struck up a friendship with a man he knew as "Kevin" online, officials said.

While chatting with Daley, the St. Petersburg man was alarmed when the suspect talked about coming to St. Petersburg to kill someone for the purpose of satisfying his deviant sexual desires, officials said.

The suspect wanted his new friend to assist him with the murder, officials said.

Daley later abandoned the plan, saying he'd targeted someone up in Citrus County instead and asked the St. Petersburg man to join him for the murder and ensuing sex acts, sheriff's officials said.

The St. Petersburg man worked closely with Citrus County detectives as the case unfolded. St. Petersburg police helped by recording phone conversations between the informant and Daley as plans were discussed.

At one point, the suspect revealed the name of his intended victim, a 27-year-old Homosassa man who did some work in the suspect's Citrus Springs neighborhood, officials said.

Detectives alerted the intended victim's family and were told that he was currently out of town.

On Friday, Daley called the young man's job to compliment him on his work, officials said. Detectives grew concerned and secured the search and arrest warrants. As part of the search warrant, Daley's computer records were seized.

Daley was arrested at 5:25 p.m. on Friday. He remained Saturday at the Citrus County Detention Facility in Lecanto without bond.

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