A life worth less than $50?: Jewelry stolen in slaying nets paltry return, records show
Janice Fore's death may have amounted to $49.50.
That's how much the two men accused of murdering her in a home invasion got for the 74-year-old's jewelry - a 14-karat gold ring, pendant and necklace - at Manatee Pawn, according to receipts collected by the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Those were just some of the details found in documents released Friday from the homicide case charging Otis C. Mack III and Marcos Herrera, both 20, on first-degree murder charges after they allegedly bound and gagged Fore before leaving her home in the 1200 block of 67th Street Northwest in her green convertible Volkswagen.
Detectives believe Herrera and Mack stole Fore's personal papers, later dumping them behind Cielo Apartment complex in the 6900 block of Manatee Avenue West. Her computer was missing from her home as well as her jewelry.
Friends helped detectives identify the woman's jewelry when it surfaced at a pawn shop.
Fore was found on her back in her bed clad in pink and red striped briefs. She was bound with duct tape binding her hands behind her back, her feet together and wrapping over her mouth around her head, according to investigators' reports.
Her toenails and fingernails were painted pink with the paint chipped away. When doctors removed the tape, they found bruising.
Her cordless phone in the kitchen was found unplugged from the wall and the phone was laying on the floor, according to reports.
According to the autopsy, Fore died from suffocation. She suffered from asthma and emphysema.
When Mack and Herrera were arrested May 24, they requested specific sodas and McDonald's cheeseburgers, according to reports. Detectives interviewed Mack outside the sheriff's office building allowing him to smoke as he talked.
Contents of the interview were not released.
Herrera had rented a room from Mike Narbis, a neighbor and close friend of Fore, for several months early in the year. Narbis kicked Herrera out because he was not paying his rent, going to work or school and was not picking up after himself, records show. He was also arrested while he was driving Narbis's car with two teen girls inside.
Six weeks before Fore's death, Herrera asked if he could again rent a room from Narbis. When he was turned away, he went straight to Fore's home to ask her.
Narbis had to go across the street and threaten to call authorities before Herrera left Fore's yard.
Investigators believe that on the night of the murder, Mack and Herrera entered Fore's home through a garage side door left open for her cats.
It wasn't the first time an intruder came through the door.
About a month before her death, Fore told Narbis someone had gone into her garage, entered her car and took her Altoid mints. Narbis told her to report it, but she never did contact authorities.
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