‘I killed the motherf—er’: Man strangled boss with tank top, tried hauling body with trailer before smiling for mug shot, police say

A 42-year-old man in Florida is accused of killing his boss, allegedly strangling the 56-year-old man to death with a tank top and telling police that he “killed the motherf—er” before flashing a sinister grin for his booking photo.

Richard Dustin Barker was taken into custody this week and charged with one count each of second-degree murder and altering, destroying, or concealing physical evidence over the slaying of Jeffrey Hubbard, court records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit from the Venice Police Department, officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of Grove Street South around 6 a.m. after a caller reported two men fighting in front of the building. The caller said that after the altercation, one man left the scene in a red pickup truck before returning with a trailer and dragging the other man’s body…

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