Fla. Couple Who Adopted 12 Children Found Slain

In a 2005 story from the Pensacola News Journal, the couple said they wanted to share their wealth with children in need, but didn't imagine their family would grow so large.

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said men in a red full-size van were seen leaving the home of...

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said men in a red full-size van were seen leaving the home of Byrd and Melanie Billings -- the Escambia County couple found shot to death in the bedroom of their home in Beulah, just west of Pensacola near the Alabama border.

(ABC News)

"It just happened," Melanie Byrd told the newspaper. "I just wanted to give them a better life."

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The story said the family's nine-bedroom home had a complete alarm system with sensors and cameras in every room.

Morgan said authorities had reviewed video footage from the cameras and were using the information in their investigation.