Photos for Headline Surfer / Jean Robert Macean, 32, of Orlando, was arrested in The City Beautiful on Thursday, March 10, 2022, on two counts of first-degree murder in the throat-slash homicides of husband and wife couple, Terry Aultman, 48, and Brenda Aultman, 55, four days ago after they left Bike Week festivities on Main Street in Daytona.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, -- An arrest has been made in the murders of a married couple who were found dead four days ago as they were heading home from Bike Week festivities on Main Street.
Jean Robert Macean, a 32-year-old captured at 5316 Point Vista Circle in Orlando around 11 a.m. today, was subsequently arrested on two counts of first-degree murder.
Macean's apprehension was by a task force comprised of members of the United States Marshals Service, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and the Orlando Police Department. He is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, pending extradition to Volusia County to stand trial on the murder charges.
The victims had both been stabbed repeatedly and their throats were slashed in one of the most gruesome crime scenes Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young has seen.
“This was one of the most brutal murders I’ve ever seen in my 20-plus year as a police officer in Daytona Beach,” Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said in a written statement released earlier tonight. “We want to thank the entire Daytona Beach community and the communities around us for providing our detectives with over 100 tips. We appreciate that level of cooperation in such a serious matter.”
Terry Aultman, 48, and his wife, 55-year-old Brenda Aultman – both residents of Daytona Beach – were discovered dead just before 2:00 a.m. last Sunday (March 6, 2022) near the intersection of North Wild Olive Avenue and Riverview Boulevard.
The Aultmans were on their way home on bicycles from Bike Week festivities on Main Street - the epicenter of the massive annual motorcycle rally that draws upwards of half a million revelers from all over the US and Canada -- but they never made it to their residence just a mile away.
The Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office has since ruled their deaths a homicide.
“I thank our law enforcement partners for working with us to bring this man into custody,” Young added. “I have full confidence that the justice system will do its job. I hope that this will help all of Terry’s and Brenda’s family, friends and loved ones cope with their senseless loss.”
The arrest comes less than 24 hours after DBPD posted a $50,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest in the Aultman murders. Investigators are still sorting through the tips received and a determination on the reward money will be made once that process is complete.
Investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind these murders.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008 along the I-4 tourism corridor in greater Daytona Beach to Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed 115 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases such as the George Zimmerman murder trial, Frederick has appeared on national crime shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. AWJ: