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Tip Stops Plan Of Murder, Necrophilia

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By MIKE WELLS, The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 28, 2007

CITRUS SPRINGS - 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 at 2377 W. Swanson Drive.

On Oct. 11, Citrus deputies received a call from a 44-year-old St. Petersburg man, telling them how he had struck up a friendship with a man he knew as 'Kevin' online.

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

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

Daley later abandoned the plan, saying he had targeted someone in Citrus County instead and asked the St. Petersburg man to join him for the slaying 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 recorded phone conversations between the man and Daley as plans were discussed.

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

Detectives alerted the intended victim's family and were told that he was 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 search and arrest warrants. As part of the search warrant, Daley's computer records were seized.

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

Reporter Mike Wells can be reached at mwells@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7839.

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