Billy Mansfield Jr
Criminology11 Des 2022

Billy Mansfield Jr

On October 27th, 2020, 63-year-old Gary Mansfield was arrested on drug charges in Spring Hill, Florida. As he was being led to a police car, Gary Mansfield reportedly told authorities about multiple bodies buried on the property that he claimed his brother, Billy Mansfield Jr, had buried there.

Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the life and crimes of Billy Mansfield Jr. Police were already well aware of Billy Mansfield Jr because he had been sitting in a California prison for many years. But, authorities had to check out the claims made by his brother Gary to see what details might be revealed. Gary's claims reignited a decades-old investigation.

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