C. Fla. man finds $100,000 in attic

[Dirt Fishin Dale]

Sometimes you just need to be quiet about things.
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Bernard Salcedo was looking for a bad wire in his attic after the power went out when he found $100,000 in cash, starting a messy legal fight over who should get the cash.

The money was hidden in a cavity cut in the insulation in four plastic bags filled with $20 and $100 bills stuffed into a strongbox. The 26-year-old computer engineer remembered someone was killed in the home years earlier, so he called police.

"We didn't know if the murderer knew about the money," Salcedo said. "We decided the best course of action was to let someone know."

Now, the home's former owner is laying claim to the cash. Similar bundles of cash were found hidden in the home after Scott Quinn, a 37-year-old bail bondsman and gun dealer, was found stabbed to death in 2003.

Police returned the money to the victim's estranged wife, Lana Quinn, the widow's lawyer Michael Herring said.

The alleged killer, Randolph Mora, 26, overdosed on pills in prison awaiting charges in 2004. Salcedo and his wife bought the home from Quinn in 2006.

Scott Quinn kept large amounts of cash because he frequently attended gun shows and made cash purchases as part of his business, Herring said.

He also said Salcedo had no claim to the money, but that his client would pay an undisclosed finder's fee.

Salcedo's attorney Eric Frommer insisted there was no way to prove the money belonged to Lana Quinn.

Police are keeping the cash in a vault until the two sides hash things out.

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

 

[Kentucky Kache]

The guy who owns the house owns the treasure. When he purchased one he purchased the other.

 

[diggummup]

The guy who owns the house owns the treasure. When he purchased one he purchased the other.

Or in other words.... my house = my cash.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

The guy who owns the house owns the treasure. When he purchased one he purchased the other.

Or in other words.... my house = my cash.

Yeah. My means My.

 

[bakergeol]

If I owned the house. What money?

 

[mad max]

Rule number one---KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!
Rule number two---KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!
Rule number three-KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!
its just as simple as that!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/lo...ccash,0,7896837.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout

Keeping the cash was the last thing on his mind when Salcedo took a hammer to the box several hours later and found the vacuum-sealed money. Instead, he called Sanford police.

"We were scared; we were really scared," Salcedo said.

That's because when he spotted the money, his thoughts flashed back to another Saturday, months earlier, when a neighbor visited his yard sale and talked about a killing that took place in the house.

"I said, 'Oh, my God,' because the whole thing came back to me. It was like a blessing and a curse all in one second," he said.

"We didn't know if the murderer knew about the money," Salcedo said. "We decided the best course of action was to let someone know."

The house in the Placid Woods subdivision had indeed been the scene of a homicide.

Scott Quinn, a 37-year-old bail bondsman and licensed firearms dealer, was found stabbed to death in the early-morning hours of Oct. 12, 2003. But before police could investigate the killing, they had to deal with a house filled with military weapons -- from bazookas to hand grenades.



In the days after the killing, $50,000 was found in the attic and $16,000 was found concealed in a chair, the lawyer said. Both bundles were packaged the same way as the money found by Salcedo, and both bundles of cash were given to Lana Quinn, Herring said.

Sanford police Chief Brian Tooley recalled talk on the street at the time about the money in the house. Someone burglarized the home in February 2004, and police said it might have been an attempt to find money stashed ther

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-928atticcash,0,7896837.story?page=2

He said the officer told him that he was under no obligation to report the find but that if he turned over the money to police, they were required to hold it for evidence.

 

[Jeffro]

What a dilrod!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

"In the days after the killing, $50,000 was found in the attic and $16,000 was found concealed in a chair, the lawyer said."

There may be more. I would like to take a MD to that property. Maybe another metal box with another 100 grand or so.

 

[kenb]

Great post, dumb a$$ homeowner. Loose lips, you know the rest. Now everyone in town knows there may be more. Not a safe place to be.

kenb

 

[Tubecity]

I know that story would not be linked to my family. My Mom
only raised ugly kids, not stupid kids.

 

[djui5]

What a dilrod!

+1

 

[Old Dog]

What a dilrod!

+1 more

 

[bergie]

He must not have known that the killer had died (as it says in the story). The victim of the murder (owner of the money) was gone of course and the killer was dead. If he knew these facts then he would realize he and his family were not in danger if they decided to keep the money. Having a family and kids and understanding you don't want some psycho murderer coming to your house looking for money after he gets out of prison, I understand why he called police. It's just too bad he didn't know the facts.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

He may have put his family in danger now that the story is out.

 

[mad max]

Ill bet he smokes while pumping gas too!!!!

 

[sniffer]

I was just wondering if that particular state has complete disclosure statement as part of the sale of real property.
anyway, what part of finders keepers, don't you understand?

 

[EDDE]

Sometimes you just need to be quiet about things.
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The money was hidden in a cavity cut in the insulation in four plastic bags filled with $20 and $100 bills stuffed into a strongbox. The 26-year-old computer engineer remembered someone was killed in the home years earlier, so he called police.

what the hell is the matter with people........