Florida man confesses to killing woman in 2011: “I couldn’t live with the guilt anymore”



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A guilty Florida man has confessed to the unsolved murder of a woman found strangled and dumped in a remote area nearly a decade ago, authorities said Thursday.

Benjamin Moulton, 43, walked into the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and claimed to have killed Nicole Scott “in a fit of rage,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

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Moulton told detectives he had since “found Jehovah and could no longer live with the guilt,” revealing details of the case that were never made public.

Benjamin Moulton, 43, walked into the Manatee County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday and claimed to have killed Nicole Scott "in a fit of rage," said the sheriff's office.

Benjamin Moulton, 43, walked into the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and claimed to have killed Nicole Scott “in a fit of rage,” the sheriff’s office said.
(Manatee County Sheriff’s Office)

Scott’s partially clad body was discovered with visible signs of trauma to the face in a wooded area off University Boulevard on December 11, 2001. It was later determined that she had been strangled and dumped several days earlier.

Detectives at the time followed many leads and questioned Moulton about his connection to Scott. Moulton denied Scott’s murder at the time.

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Without enough evidence linking Moulton to the murder, MPs said no arrests had been made.

Investigators continued to seek new information over the years, but were unable to develop a clear suspect in the murder – until Moulton confessed to guilt on Wednesday.

Moulton was charged with first degree murder in Scott’s death.

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