Hatteras Drive in Hudson, Florida, backs onto picturesque canals, leading to the Gulf of Mexico. Many residents of this quaint neighbourhood have docks and boats out the back of their homes while fish shacks are peppered throughout the area. Many retirees live in the area and live a simple and quiet life. However in 2014, their idyll was shattered when four bodies were discovered piled on top of one another in their neighborhood, and it was soon discovered that a 4-year-old boy was missing.
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Audio Sources
“Adam Matos sentenced to life in prison”
“RAW VIDEO: Suspect Adam Matos being taken to Pasco County”
“Adam Matos Trial Day 8 Part 1 Adam Matos Takes the Stand”
“Adam Matos Trial Prosecution Opening Statements”
“Adam Matos Trial Penalty Phase Victim Impact Statements”
Sources
ABC – 9 WFTV, 4 September, 2014 – “Deputies Search for Missing Pasco County Boy After 4 Bodies Found”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 4 September, 2014 – “Primary Suspect in Quadruple Pasco County Killings Taken to Jail”
Associated Press, 4 September, 2014 – “4 Bodies Found; Young Boy Missing”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 4 September, 2014 – “Amber Alert Issued for Boy, 4, After Multiple Homicide Victims Discovered”
Associated Press, 5 September, 2014 – “Suspect in 4 Killings Arrested, Boy Found Safe”
The Morning Call, 5 September, 2014 – “Florida Quadruple Murder Suspect’s Criminal Record Dates Back to Parkland High School Days”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 6 September, 2014 – “Suspect in Hudson Mass Murder Appears Before Judge”
The Tampa Bay Times, 6 September, 2014 – “Mom, Dad, Daughter and New Boyfriend Identified as Pasco Murder Victims”
The Express Times, 7 September, 2014 – “Fla. Murders Shock Neighbors”
The Bradenton Herald, 8 September, 2014 – “Family of Hudson Murder Suspect Paints a Different Picture”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 8 September, 2014 – “Domestic Violence Report Reveals New Details About Hudson Murder Victims”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 8 September, 2014 – “Family of Hudson Murder Victim: He Was a Kindhearted Soul”
Tampa Bay Times, 9 September, 2014 – “Slaying Victim Was Scared For her Life”
The Tampa Bay Times, 9 September, 2014 – “Suspect in Hudson Murders Speaks from Jail”
The Tampa Bay Times, 10 September, 2014 – “Adam Matos Story in Pasco Murder Backed by No One”
The Tampa Tribune, 10 September, 2014 – “Domestic Call Didn’t Prevent Looming Killings”
Hernado Today, 15 September, 2014 – “Matos Charged With First-Degree Murder in Hudson Slayings”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 29 September, 2014 – “Hudson Horror”
The Tampa Bay Times, 1 November, 2017 – “Four Killed, Including His Child’s Mother”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 3 November, 2017 – “Trial Begins Against Man Accused of Quadruple Murder”
Tampa Bay Times, 6 November, 2017 – “Most of the Guns Found After Pasco Slaying of Four Belonged to Victim”
Tampa Bay Times, 7 November, 2017 – “Duct Tape, Shattered Skulls, Bullet Wounds Tell Story of Hudson Slaying”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 15 November, 2017 – “Accused Quadruple Murderer Adam Matos Testifies”
Tampa Bay Times, 15 November, 2017 – “Adam Matos Claimed Self-Defence”
The Bradenton Herald, 16 November, 2017 – “Pasco Man Faces Death After Being Found Guilty”
Tampa Bay Times, 16 November, 2017 – “Adam Matos Guilty in Brutal Hudson Quadruple Murder”
NBC – 8 WFLA, 20 November, 2017 – “Sentencing Phase Begins in Adam Matos Quadruple Murder Case”
Tampa Bay Times, 20 November, 2017 – “I Tried, Mother of Killer Adam Matos Says at Sentencing”
Associated Press, 21 November, 2017 – “Man Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend, 3 Others Avoids Death Penalty”
Tampa Bay Times, 12 April, 2018 – “Far Fewer Florida Killers Are Sentenced to Die After Courts Require Unanimous Juries”
The People, 22 April, 2018 – “Bodies Piled Up in the Woods”
