THE DARK SIDE OF FLORIDA
Joseph Morales
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photo courtesy FDOC
Full Name: Joseph Morales
Date of birth: October 28, 1972
Conviction: 1st-degree murder
County: Pasco
City: Port Richey
Current Location: Wakulla Annex
Partner in crime: Samantha Beach
Date of crime: February 20, 2001
Tentative discharge date: Life
Victim(s): David Broshar
Date of birth: October 28, 1972
Conviction: 1st-degree murder
County: Pasco
City: Port Richey
Current Location: Wakulla Annex
Partner in crime: Samantha Beach
Date of crime: February 20, 2001
Tentative discharge date: Life
Victim(s): David Broshar
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper S.D. Wheeler was walking through a hospital emergency room in February 2001, on his way to interview an accident victim when a woman motioned to him. “She told me she could tell me… where I could find a dead body,” Wheeler said. The dead man’s name was David Broshar, the woman told Wheeler. You can find him in unit 606 of the San Miguel Apartments in Port Richey, Samantha Beach told him.
That conversation not only led police to David’s body, but it also got Samantha charged with murder. The details of how detectives learned of David’s murder, then quickly linked the February 20, 2001, slaying to Samantha and Joseph Morales.
Samantha had once dated David. Before the deadly attack, she told Joseph that David wanted to fight him. Authorities said that Samantha and Joseph, her boyfriend, went to David’s apartment late that night and attacked him when he opened the door. Joseph punched and kicked the 39-year-old David, who grabbed a baseball bat and a machete to defend himself. Joseph tackled David and asked Samantha to grab a pillow. Samantha smothered David’s face with the pillow while Joseph strangled him.
Before Samantha signaled to Wheeler at the hospital, authorities didn’t even know there had been a murder. “Are you sure you are telling me the truth, so help you God?” Wheeler asked Samantha. “Yes, I’m sure,” she replied. Wheeler immediately called the Sheriff’s Office and gave them David’s address. Then he returned to talk to Samantha, who began to explain her story. “She said she didn’t see the murder but was in the apartment when it occurred,” Wheeler testified. “When she said that, she had kind of a wry smile, which indicated to me that she was kind of fudging it.” Samantha then said that Joseph either choked David or suffocated him.
Samantha was at the hospital that day because she had overdosed on drugs. “She said that she was trying to… commit suicide over, you know, this murder,” Wheeler testified. Detectives arrived at the hospital, questioned Samantha and arrested her in connection with David’s murder. She told them where they could find Joseph, and he was arrested a short time later.
Want to be a pen-pal with a jailhouse babe? Samantha “Sexy Lady / Adventurous Partner!!!!” Beach has a profile up on Jailhouse-Babes.com. She describes herself as “Beautiful, blond/blue eyed lady seeking adventurous partner. No, I’m not conceited or even overly self-confident, yet I do know what my assets are. I’m a down to earth person who believes in living life to the fullest and not allowing any inhibitions to prohibit pleasure.” It says she is looking for someone who is “open minded and capable of being REAL in all areas.” If you want to make her dreams come true, play with her.
That conversation not only led police to David’s body, but it also got Samantha charged with murder. The details of how detectives learned of David’s murder, then quickly linked the February 20, 2001, slaying to Samantha and Joseph Morales.
Samantha had once dated David. Before the deadly attack, she told Joseph that David wanted to fight him. Authorities said that Samantha and Joseph, her boyfriend, went to David’s apartment late that night and attacked him when he opened the door. Joseph punched and kicked the 39-year-old David, who grabbed a baseball bat and a machete to defend himself. Joseph tackled David and asked Samantha to grab a pillow. Samantha smothered David’s face with the pillow while Joseph strangled him.
Before Samantha signaled to Wheeler at the hospital, authorities didn’t even know there had been a murder. “Are you sure you are telling me the truth, so help you God?” Wheeler asked Samantha. “Yes, I’m sure,” she replied. Wheeler immediately called the Sheriff’s Office and gave them David’s address. Then he returned to talk to Samantha, who began to explain her story. “She said she didn’t see the murder but was in the apartment when it occurred,” Wheeler testified. “When she said that, she had kind of a wry smile, which indicated to me that she was kind of fudging it.” Samantha then said that Joseph either choked David or suffocated him.
Samantha was at the hospital that day because she had overdosed on drugs. “She said that she was trying to… commit suicide over, you know, this murder,” Wheeler testified. Detectives arrived at the hospital, questioned Samantha and arrested her in connection with David’s murder. She told them where they could find Joseph, and he was arrested a short time later.
Want to be a pen-pal with a jailhouse babe? Samantha “Sexy Lady / Adventurous Partner!!!!” Beach has a profile up on Jailhouse-Babes.com. She describes herself as “Beautiful, blond/blue eyed lady seeking adventurous partner. No, I’m not conceited or even overly self-confident, yet I do know what my assets are. I’m a down to earth person who believes in living life to the fullest and not allowing any inhibitions to prohibit pleasure.” It says she is looking for someone who is “open minded and capable of being REAL in all areas.” If you want to make her dreams come true, play with her.