Florida man strangled his dad, tied body to grill, tossed it over pontoon boat so he could sell assets and ‘party’

Robert Remus Jr. (Volusia County Sheriff

Robert Remus Jr. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Office) and the area where his dad’s body was recovered (WESH screenshot)

A 54-year-old man in Florida will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his father more than 10 years ago, strangling the 67-year-old before tying his body to a propane barbecue grill and throwing it over the side of a pontoon boat. Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Elizabeth A. Blackburn on Friday ordered Robert Remus Jr. to serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2012 slaying of Robert Remus Sr., court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

Authorities said Remus killed his dad so he could take control of his finances and party.

Remus was found guilty in June on one count of first-degree premeditated murder in his father’s grisly death by a Volusia County jury following a trial that lasted four days, prosecutors said in a press release.

According to a probable cause affidavit, deputies with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office responded at about noon on Dec. 12, 2012, to an area about 1.5 miles north of 488 West Highbanks Road in DeBary, Florida, 25 miles north of Orlando, after recreational boaters discovered a body floating in the St. Johns River and called the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Once there, first responders found Robert Remus Sr.’s bloated and decomposed body floating stationary in the water. The body had “a blue and white synthetic rope tied around his neck and ankle, which was tethered to a four-burner propane grill.” Authorities said it appeared that the victim had been tied to a propane grill and tossed into the water.

Deputies noted the victim had on several pieces of gold jewelry.

The Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office said his manner of death was a homicide, and the cause was consistent with ligature strangulation. Officials determined the body had been in the water for several days.

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