- October 10, 2024
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A St. John's County bomb squad called out to a house that was the site of a recent homicide in Palm Coast found no explosives.
Family members at the house, at 20 Blare Drive, came across a trunk they believed might contain explosives and called a Flagler County Sheriff's Office detective just before 2 p.m. Aug. 23, according to an FCSO press release.
Deputies evacuated six homes, including 20 Blare Drive, and closed Blare Drive from Oak Trails Boulevard to Black Alder Drive.
The FCSO called St. John's County Sheriff's Office's Bomb Squad to investigate. The bomb squad found "a large amount of ammunition" in the trunk contained, but no explosive devices, the press release said.
Residents were allowed back into their homes at around 7:45 p.m.
The 20 Blare Drive home was the site of a homicide on Aug. 14 when the homeowner, Charles Kidd Jr., 85, shot and killed his roommate, Mark Ruschmeier. Kidd was known to FCSO deputies as paranoid and a "doomsday prepper," according to FCSO CAD notes from previous calls to the home.
Kidd has been charged with second-degree murder and remains at the Flagler County jail.
