Woman arrested in 2017 Zota Beach double-murder was getaway driver, lookout, records say

Gernicha Davis – a co-conspirator and the girlfriend of the original suspect, Darryl Hanna Jr. – confessed her involvement in the fatal armed robbery. She gave details on Latoya Hanna’s involvement as the getaway driver and lookout in the armed robbery and murders. Latoya Hanna was arrested on Jan. 18. Her brother, Darryl Hanna Jr., was previously the lone suspect who was charged in the case. He was unable to go to trial after experiencing a “stroke-like” incident that put him in a vegetative state one month after his arrest.

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Investigators have since learned that four people – Davis; Darryl Hanna Jr.; his twin sister, Latoya Hanna; and Damien Garvin, Latoya Hanna’s boyfriend – were involved in the armed robbery that led to the murder of resort manager Tim Hurley, 59, and security guard Kevin Carter, 51. Following their murders, Darryl Hanna Jr. took $900 from the front desk, according to a police report.

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