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MURDER SUSPECT A SUICIDE

Apr 2, 2020 | 7:53 PM

The suspect in a 35-year-old cold case murder was found hanged in his cell at the Escambia County Jail early yesterday morning. Pensacola Police arrested 57-year-old Daniel Wells two weeks ago for the 1985 murder of Tonya McKinley. Police used DNA evidence from a discarded cigarette to link Wells to the crime. McKinley’s body was found in an empty lot at the corner of Peacock Drive and Creighton Road, just one block off Scenic Highway. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wells had been found dead in his cell, an apparent suicide.