MOTION TO SUPPRESS CONFESSION

The 39-year-old Alabama sex offender accused of murdering 12-year-old Pensacola girl Naomi Jones wants his confession suppressed at trial because it was coerced. Robert Howard, of Brewton, Alabama, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the girl’s death. Her remains were recovered from a creek on June 5th. The Public Defender who is representing Howard said his client was arrested without legitimate probable cause, and during an interrogation, deputies used threats and implied promises to coerce him into confessing to the killing. Howard allegedly told investigators that the 12-year-old propositioned him, and he strangled her because she made him angry. A hearing on the motions has been scheduled before Judge Gary Bergosh on August 15th.