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Billy Mansfield Jr Murders

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True Crime

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today we are going to give you a deep dive into not only Billy Mansfield Jr, a man convicted of murdering and assaulting at least five women in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but we’ll also look into the violent and criminal pasts of his father and brother. These crimes were committed almost 50 years ago, but a discovery on the Mansfield property in Weeki Wachee, Florida, has led to new questions about the scope of Billy’s murders and who was really involved.


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Researched and Written by: Allison Hauser and Crime Salad

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0:00.0

All the blood left, all the pain, pain up.

0:07.0

All the blood left, all the pain, pain up.

0:14.0

Hey, Krams Out listeners, welcome back to another episode.

0:29.0

I'm Ashley and with me always is my partner in Kram, Ricky.

0:33.0

And a Kram that we're going to talk about this week happened many years ago.

0:37.0

However, new evidence revealed just a few weeks ago will hopefully shed new light on the Mansfield family and their crimes.

0:47.0

Today we are going to give you a deep dive into not only Billy Mansfield Jr.

0:52.0

Man convicted of murdering and assaulting at least five women in the late 1970s and early 1980s

0:59.0

but will also look into the violent and criminal past of his father and brother.

1:04.0

These crimes were committed almost 50 years ago but a discovery on a Mansfield property in Wikiwachi, Florida

1:12.0

has led to new questions about the scope of Billy's murders and who was really involved.

1:23.0

Billy Mansfield Jr. was born in 1956 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

1:29.0

Being the eldest of five children, his life was far from perfect.

1:34.0

Billy's father, William Mansfield Sr. was a convicted sex offender and was charged for 40 crimes involving sexual abuse of dozens of young girls between the ages of three and 15 years old.

1:49.0

Outside of the abuse, William has been charged with a whole slew of other crimes from breaking and entering to armed robbery.

1:57.0

There is also a history of heavy drug use in the family.

2:00.0

In 1947, years before Billy was born, William was charged for assault and spent two years in a Michigan prison before being released on parole where he returned home to begin growing his family with his wife, Virginia.

2:14.0

From an early age, Billy quickly began to follow in his father's footsteps.

2:19.0

According to neighbors, three homes that were on the Mansfield property burned down while Billy was growing up.

2:25.0

And the family's youngest daughter drowned when she was only 18 months old.

2:30.0

For police and detectives in the Grand Rapids area at the time, dealing with the Mansfields was the hallmark of the job.

2:38.0

Complaints of shots being fired from the property was common.

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