By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
PINELLAS PARK — The police detective knew the two women were not coming clean about the killing at their apartment complex.
Leading her first homicide investigation, Detective Roxanne Hunt was determined to quickly find out who stabbed 51-year-old Richard Levo to death.
The women were key: One, the prime suspect's girlfriend; the other her friend. But how could she get them to talk?
The answers came quickly when the detective learned both were sleeping with the prime suspect.
Many killings are never solved. This investigation was over in less than 24 hours.
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The call came in at 1:37 a.m. on Oct. 7.
"Oh God! … Oh my God!" Richard Levo told a 911 operator as he struggled to breathe. "Get the police and an ambulance here, would you? I'm losing lots of blood. Hurry up."
Levo was stabbed ...