Booking photograph of Zebulon Perkins (Provided by Jacksonville Sheriff's Office)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A antheral who has been successful jailhouse since December 2019 in transportation with the execution of an Atlantic Coast High School teacher has been charged successful a 2nd execution involving a missing pistillate who constabulary present judge was killed astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the teacher.

Zebulon Perkins had antecedently been indicted for the execution of Vivian James, an Atlantic Coast High School teacher who was recovered strangled to decease successful her Westside home. Police said astatine the clip of his apprehension that they recovered Perkins driving James’ car.

James, 49, was recovered dormant the greeting of Dec. 28 successful her location connected Glen Alan Court adjacent 103rd Street. Investigators said that she had been dormant for 48 hours earlier she was discovered by a person who came to cheque connected her. Perkins was besides charged with tampering with grounds and dealing successful stolen spot successful that case.

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JSO said during the investigation, homicide detectives developed grounds that led them to judge Perkins mightiness person committed different homicide earlier James was killed.

They began looking into the disappearance of a pistillate past seen successful 2019 and determined she was killed connected Dec. 25, 2019, connected 103rd Street adjacent I-295, astir a mile from James’ home.

Sources archer News4Jax the missing woman’s sanction was Leah Kline. Kline, 38, had been missing since Dec. 3, 2019, according to the CharleyProject.org. Duval County tribunal records amusement Kline was arrested connected a drug-related complaint connected Dec. 3, 2019, and was released connected her ain recognizance the aforesaid day. She failed to study to the pretrial services portion the adjacent day.

Police said her assemblage was recovered a fewer weeks aboriginal connected Christmas Day.

Perkins was indicted by the Grand Jury connected Nov. 18 connected an further complaint of first-degree execution successful that 2019 sidesplitting and is besides facing charges of burglary, dealing successful stolen property, tampering with grounds and fraudulent usage of a recognition card.

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A Jacksonville autochthonal and arrogant University of North Florida alum, Francine Frazier has been with News4Jax since 2014 aft spending 9 years astatine The Florida Times-Union.