Lone Female Suspect in the Billings Killings
LEMON: In the Pensacola, Florida area. Stunning new details keeps surfacing in the wake of a deadly home invasion. We're going to go in depth into this story this hour. First, a small safe allegedly taken during the home invasion was recovered. Buried in the backyard of Pamela Long Wiggins. CNN's Susan Candiotti takes a closer look at the lone woman suspect in the double killings of Byrd and Melanie Billings.</s>SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Charged as an accessory after the fact to murder, Pamela Long Wiggins smiles as a camera captures her under police escort. She's the only woman among seven men accused in connection with the shooting deaths of Byrd and Melinda Billings. Police say cameras that captured the suspects were also rolling inside the home.</s>SHERIFF DAVID MORGAN, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA: It's just an incredibly odd mix of people, and an incredibly interesting story that sadly is also a tragic story.</s>CANDIOTTI: Wiggins wasn't there, but police say her minivan was, used as a set get-away car, carrying guns and the family safe. Important evidence was found on her property. A safe allegedly stolen from the Billings home containing jewelry, passports, and children's medication, was buried in Wiggins' backyard. A pile of bricks covering the spot. Police say her husband was the one who tipped them off to the safe. A source involved in the investigation says Wiggins kept it to himself until police found the couple on a 47-foot boat called "The Classy Lady." Police say Wiggins' husband cooperated. He is not charged -- she is. She's a woman with at least six aliases, including Pamela Link and Pamela Coco. All of them apparently from former marriages. She's a real estate agent who also owns this waterfront home, currently under foreclosure. And a well-known antique mall in the area. Wiggins has ties to the suspected ringleader in the Billings case, Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr. Investigators say she rents a home to him. Records show he witnessed one of her marriage certificates. How does a businesswoman wind up allegedly linked to the brutal murder of a couple that adopted and cared for more than a dozen special needs children at their spacious home? It's a crime that has Pensacola's Gulf Coast reeling.</s>MORGAN: All of us in this community are giving that second look now over the shoulder. Because here's a family that opened their home to children with special needs. And because they had this casual relationship with the wrong people, sadly, they were targeted.</s>CANDIOTTI (on camera): Wiggins remains free after posting a $10,000 bond. She's scheduled for a court date in a few weeks in the thick of a still mysterious home invasion robbery investigation. Susan Candiotti, CNN, Pensacola, Florida.</s>LEMON: You know, "The Pensacola News Journal" has been digging on this story since it broke. And one lead reporter really to point out has been doing a really great job of uncovering information and learning about this strange case. We're going to talk to him live just moments away. Plus, he laid the groundwork for every journalist who followed. The world remembers Walter Cronkite.