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Murder Of Bobby Kent
Bobby Kent (né Khayam; May 12, 1973 – July 14, 1993) was an Iranian-American man who was murdered by seven people, including his best friend, Martin Joseph "Marty" Puccio, Jr (born March 21, 1973). in Weston, Florida. The murder would be adapted into the 2001 film ''Bully''. Events before the murder Bobby Kent, the son of Iranian immigrants Fred and Farah Kent (originally surnamed Khayam), attended South Broward High School in the South Florida suburb of Hollywood, Florida. According to Tim Donnelly, who prosecuted all the conspirators for this murder, one attorney described Kent as "like Eddie Haskell. All the parents loved him in the neighborhood, but the kids looked at him a different way." Marty Puccio is an Italian-American, and was raised Catholic. Kent and Puccio had known each other since third grade, had lived on the same block in Hollywood, Florida since that time, and were good friends as teenagers. Bad blood, however, existed between the two. Puccio felt "ill-wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weston, Florida
Weston is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just west of Fort Lauderdale. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which is anchored by Miami. The population was 68,107 at the 2020 census. Weston is 30 miles northwest of Miami, FL History In the 1950s, industrialist and philanthropist Arthur Vining Davis took control of the approximately which Weston is now located on; Davis was Arvida's first owner. In the following years, plans were made to develop the land, and the area which is known as Bonaventure was sold and subsequently developed independently from the Arvida development; this area forms Weston's Bonaventure Development District. The large, remaining portion of the master-planned community was developed by Arvida/JMB Realty (known for developing Walt Disney World), and the community was originally named Indian Trace; the area developed by Arvida forms Weston's Indian Trace Development District. The community's name of Indian Trace was changed to Weston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
