Suspicious Death Ruled Self-Inflicted

Florida Shooting Investigators in Santa Rosa County say that the suspicious death of a Gulf Breeze man was caused by a self-inflicted gun shout wound.

by Steven Norris

Published: Mon, April 07, 2008 - 12:46 pm CST

Last Tuesday, a postal carrier found Charles Boylan dead outside a Gulf Breeze home. The discovery led the Sheriff's Department to investigate the death as suspicious. Now the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office says that Boylan shot himself in the chest. Investigators came to learn that Boylan was found outside the home of William Hutson. When deputies arrived, it appeared that Boylan was killed from a gunshot wound, but there was no weapon outside the home.

Hutson later told investigators that he found his personal shotgun next to Boylan, who was laying face down in the yard. Hutson said he picked up his gun and went inside his house, leaving Boylan in the yard. He then said he laid down on his couch and took a nap. It was 2 and a half hours later that the postal carrier called police. Hutson was arrested for tampering with evidence and has since been released. The Santa Rosa county Medical examiner has ruled that Boylan's death was in fact caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and that evidence supports that no foul play was involved.

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informme411 Says:

Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:27 am

it is my understanding that the home owner did not call the police, but the postal carrier called police after finding the body there. but i just wonder why it was so easy for police to determine the innocence so quickly. this shows what a cruel world we live in, for someone to see a dead body in their front yard and say , i’m gonna go take a nap now.

dlrow Says:

Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:54 am

Guy #1 finds guy #2 dead in his yard, with the shotgun that belonged to guy #1 laying beside him. So guy #1 picks up his shotgun, carries it in the house and then casually lays down on the couch and takes a nap, leaving guy #2, who is dead, laying out in his yard for 2-1/2 hours? He sometime later calls the police….it does not say how long he napped, just that 2-1/2 hours after finding the guy and coming inside he has taken a nap and then calls the cops. I know if I find a dead guy in my yard, whether he used my gun or not, the last thing I’m going to be able to do is take a nap. What was his reason for not calling the cops right away? What was he doing during the portion of the 2-1/2 hours inside his house while he was not napping? This might be a morbid thought, but was the body just laying there baking in the sun all that time? Can you imagine what was crawling on the body after 2-1/2 hours? Talk about no respect for the dead. Is it me, or just What is wrong with this picture?

gamble Says:

Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 8:05 pm

is was cruel to do something like that

gamble Says:

Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 8:04 pm

that was sad