[1] The suspects, dressed in "ninja garb,"[2] stole a safe and other items during the break-in at the sprawling Billings home west of Pensacola.
[13] In October 2010, Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr. was on trial for first-degree murder facing a possible death sentence in Escambia County Circuit Court in Pensacola.
[18] The Billings had 16 cameras located around the residence to help them observe their children, and some of the video footage was shown in court.
[18] Gonzalez was identified in one video by Frederick Thornton, one of his accomplices, as the person who shot Byrd Billings.
On April 10, 2014, Gonzalez's conviction and sentence of death were affirmed on direct appeal by the Florida Supreme Court.