A Monroe County grand jury has indicted a Cudjoe Key man, Bradly Shawn Shadduck, 56, for the first-degree murder of his wife, Lynne Shadduck, on May 28.
Shadduck was arrested the night of the murder, and faced a second-degree murder charge until the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office completed its investigation.
“The indictment supersedes the previously filed second-degree murder charge,” states a press release from the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office. Shadduck remains in jail on Stock Island, and is being held without bond.
The indictment states that Shadduck beat his wife to death at their Cudjoe Key home the night of May 28. The sheriff’s office was called to the scene when Bradly Shadduck showed up at his neighbor’s house, wrapped in a blanket, but naked underneath. He allegedly told the neighbor to call 911, because there was “blood everywhere.”
Lynne Shadduck was found unconscious with injuries to her head, face, neck and hands. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
“An indictment is a formal charging document returned by a grand jury upon a finding of probable cause,” the state attorney’s office stated. “The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
Major Crimes Assistant State Attorney Colleen M. Dunne will prosecute the case.
