ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of pages of documents from the office of State Attorney Brad King detail the investigation and clues that led Orlando police to accused police killer Markeith Loyd.
According to the new documents, Loyd arrived at the Walmart where he’s accused of shooting Lt. Debra Clayton on Jan. 9 at 6:45 a.m.
While inside the store, a woman, who said she’s the cousin of Loyd’s wife, recognized him.
The woman ran to tell Clayton, who was also shopping in the store.
Loyd was already being sought in the shooting death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and the shooting of her brother, who was trying to help her.
At 7:17 a.m., Clayton radioed to dispatch, “I guess we’re looking for a Markeith. He’s walking out of the door right now.”
At 7:18 a.m., Clayton said, “Foot pursuit, foot pursuit.”
Less than a minute later, an officer radioed, “Officer down, officer shot. Hurry up.”
Clayton died about 20 minutes later after being shot four times.
The medical examiner said the last shot, which was fired after Clayton was on the ground, was the one that killed her.
Two days later, investigators searched the car Loyd ditched soon after the shooting.
Inside, they found toiletries, including a toothbrush, indicating he may have been living inside the vehicle.
They also found a cellphone, which investigators used “in the apprehension efforts to locate Markeith Loyd,” a report said.
The reports also detail that investigators tapped Loyd’s phone and the phones of people with whom he associated.
Loyd was found Jan. 17 in an abandoned home on Lescott Lane.
Investigators found nearly 11 pages of handwritten notes that “gave a detailed account of what has transpired up to the killing of Sade Dixon and the shooting of her brother."
Police said Loyd wrote the death of his unborn child was an unintended consequence.
Documents show he was questioned inside headquarters for about 40 minutes before he was taken to the hospital.
Loyd was combative and complained about injuries he sustained during the arrest.
The documents also included text messages between Dixon and Loyd before she was shot and killed.
They both accuse the other of cheating.
In one message from Loyd on Dec. 10, he said, “What I wanted was to spend my life with someone that I trust with my life, but you can’t even be trusted with your word.”
Dixon later responded with, “I have no problem telling you the trust, but how can I do that when this whole relationship is built off a lie?”
The two texted multiple times on Dec. 13, the day she was killed.
About 20 minutes before her death, the conversation became more heated, with Loyd saying, in part, “All you had to do was answer my calls, but you was doing you.”
That was at 8:42 p.m.
The first 911 call after Dixon was shot came in at 9:03 p.m.
At 9:24 p.m., police said Loyd wrote, “Don’t know if you go make it, hope you don’t. Told you don’t play with me.”
When police arrested Loyd, they said he claimed Dixon pulled a gun on him, and that he was mad because she was smoking while pregnant.
As police continued to question Loyd, he told them, “I ain’t talking until I get medical attention. I need medical attention.”
He ended the interview by saying, “I’m a good guy.”
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