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Moved headstone of murder victim leaves mother upset and asking questions
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The mother of a Polk County murder victim is shedding more tears this week after her son's headstone was suddenly moved.
Every day after work, Dottie Payton comes to the Silver Hill Cemetery in Frostproof to talk to her son, Brandon Rollins. In July 2020, Rollins and two friends were on their way to fish when they were shot in cold blood. Now fresh dirt covers his urn vault from a new burial at the adjacent plot, and to do so, they had to disturb Rollins' headstone.
“It's already been four years and now we're having to go through this same process again,” Payton said. “I mean, I cry every day. It was a senseless thing that happened.”
The city of Frostproof owns the cemetery where Rollins is buried and offers plots to the public at rates far more affordable than a private cemetery. Before moving the headstone, they called Payton and the family on the other side of Rollins' resting place to ask for permission to move the monuments.
“They had to move it a foot and a half over to the left because they were putting a burial here on Saturday,” Payton said. “Dealing with this situation that has happened this past week, it's brought on a lot more stress and heartache.”
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/frostproof-cemetery-grieving-mother-upset-headstone-moved/67-ea18f8bb-25f9-44c9-93ea-c5f577e8a578
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