Robert Hayes was indicted today in serial killings that began in Daytona Beach, Florida, nearly 14 years ago. State Attorney R.J. Larizza said that Hayes will be tried in a death penalty case in the killings of Laquetta Gunther, Julie Green and Iwana Patton who were all shot to death and left in the middle of Daytona Beach in late 2005 and early 2006. Hayes, 37, of West Palm Beach, is suspected in the killing of a woman in South Florida. He remains jailed there. Larizza said a survivor of a Hayes attack came forward and is talking to police. Hayes was a criminal justice student and a cheerleader at Bethune-Cookman University when three women were slain in Daytona Beach. DNA found on the South Florida victim, Rachel Bey, 32, killed three years ago, matched DNA recovered on two of the Daytona Beach victims, police said. Hayes was indicted by a grand jury in Palm Beach County on Oct. 3 on charges of first-degree murder and sexual battery with great force, according to court records. Hayes pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors in Palm Beach County filed a notice Oct. 25 that they intend to seek the death penalty against Hayes in Bey's killing. Hayes' DNA was found on Gunther, 45, a prostitute shot in the head in Daytona Beach. Her body was discovered on Christmas Eve 2005 in a kneeling position between two buildings, investigators said. DNA from Hayes was also found on Green, 34, another Daytona Beach prostitute who was found dead in a ditch near a construction site Jan. 14, 2006. She was also shot in the head, according to police. Police said Green, a mother of four, had left her home to use a pay phone and never returned. On Feb. 24, 2006, Patton's body was discovered in a desolate area. Patton, 35, worked as a nurse's aide. There are no charges in the case of Stacey Gage, 30, whose decomposed body was found on Jan. 2, 2008, but investigators said her death was similar to the deaths of Gunther, Green and Patton. Hayes was one of hundreds of people police interviewed as part of the investigation at the time of the killings. In March 2006, police questioned him about his .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol, which he bought in December 2005 in Daytona Beach. He told police he gave the gun to his mother who lived in West Palm Beach.
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