It was a pleasant spring morning in March of 2019. Residents of West Palm Beach were preparing for the day ahead; packing school lunches and preparing for the work day ahead. At around 9AM, a phone call came in to police. It was from a man who told them that he had just murdered somebody.
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Audio Sources:
“The SleepWalker Murderer | Randy Herman Jr Interrogation”
“Brooke’s Parents Interview | Randy Herman Jr Case-File”
Sources:
ABC – 16 WNEP, 26 March, 2017 – “Murder Investigation in Florida”
ABC – 16 WNEP, 27 March, 2017 – “Woman Killed in Florida was headed Home to Wyalusing”
The Palm Beach Post, 27 March, 2017 – “West Palm Man Facing Murder Charge”
Associated Press, 28 March, 2017 – “Man Accused of Killing Ex-Roommate”
The Daily Beast, 28 March, 2017 – “Son of a Murderer Charged with Murder”
The Palm Beach Post, 28 March, 2017 – “Man Stabbed Woman”
The News-Courier, 29 March, 2017 – “Florida Murder Case Has Athens Connection”
Palm Beach Post, 1 May, 2019 – “Man Was Sleepwalking During Fatal Stabbing”
The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May, 2019 – “Florida Man Who Fatally Stabbed Girlfriend Was Sleepwalking”
Palm Beach Post, 2 May, 2019 – “Confused. Scared”
Palm Beach Post, 3 May, 2019 – “Murder Trial Continues Next Week”
Palm Beach Post, 6 May, 2019 – “West Palm-Area Man Accused of Murder May Have Been Sleepwalking”
Palm Beach Post, 7 May, 2019 – “Jury Deliberates if Fatal Stabbing was Act of Sleepwalking”
ABC – 16 WNEP, 8 May, 2019 – “Bradford County Man Guilty of Roommate Murder in Florida”
Palm Beach Post, 8 May, 2019 – “Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murder in Alleged Sleepwalking Homicide”
ABC – 16 WNEP, 9 May, 2019 – “Shock, Sadness in Wyalusing”
Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 26 November, 2019 – “Convicted West Palm Beach Killer Still Says He Was Sleepwalking”
Palm Beach Post, 7 December, 2021 – “Man Convicted of Killing Brooke Preston Seeks New Trial”
