Seffner Trailer Park Deaths Investigated

Homicide detectives have been interviewing residents and gathering evidence at a Seffner trailer park where .

Hillsborough County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the deaths of 23-year-old Joshua Austin Deas and 34-year-old Kenneth V. Simmons.

Residents told Brandon Patch that the media swarmed the Parsons Village Trailer Park, at 1014 North Parsons Ave., Monday.

Detectives had interviewed residents Sunday night and gathered evidence Monday, including a trash dumpster.

Robbin Cassino, who emailed photos of the scene at the trailer park Monday, said her niece lives at the otherwise quiet development, and was stunned by the events. The trailer park is right off of U.S. 92, but is very quiet.

Resident Crystal Davis said that her trailer is about 100 feet away from the trailer where the two men were found dead Sunday at about 5:30 p.m. They were roommates.

Davis said in a phone interview that she did not notice or hear anything unusual at her neighbors' trailer, though she worked late Saturday night.

She said that both men worked at Walmart — one in Valrico and the other in Seffner. Davis said that since the deaths, other residents have told her that the two men never showed up for work Saturday night.

Davis has lived at the trailer park for just a few months, but never had problems with any neighbors. "There is never any partying going on," she said.

Davis said that she really did not know the two men who lived just 100 feet away. She said that the two men "kept to themselves and never caused trouble. They played video games, worked at Walmart and would walk their dog."

The mother of one of the victims released a statement today. According to WTSP.com, Joshua's mother, Karen Deas, issued this statement:

"There was no reason for this to happen. It was senseless. They were good kids. Josh would give you the shirt off his back. They were well-loved, well-behaved kids who worked hard. We are working on the funeral arrangements."