Florida Golfer Fatally Attacked in Random Act of Violence
A 65-year-old man was beaten with his own golf clubs and drowned at a Palm Beach Gardens course; the suspect, a 36-year-old man with a criminal history, faces first-degree murder charges.
- Brian Hiltebeitel, 65, was attacked and killed at the Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Monday afternoon.
- The suspect, Junior Boucher, 36, allegedly used Hiltebeitel's own golf clubs to repeatedly strike him before choking him and holding his head underwater in a pond.
- Authorities describe the incident as a random act of violence, with no known connection between the victim and the suspect.
- Boucher, who was reported missing by his family an hour before the attack, was subdued by police using a stun gun after he attempted to flee the scene naked.
- The suspect has a history of arrests for domestic battery, drug possession, and resisting arrest, and remains in custody without bond on a first-degree murder charge.