Office of the State Attorney

PRESS RELEASE

December 5, 2023      

 

State of Florida v. Charles Leon Ivy

 

DOB: 11/18/1989

Case Number: 2023 305335 CFDB                                                                 

 

Ivy Indicted on Two Capital Murder Charges, Three Other First-Degree Felonies

DAYTONA BEACH – The Volusia County Grand Jury heard the case of Charles Ivy today. The defendant is accused of stabbing a woman more than 100 times and then setting her  Daytona Beach apartment unit on fire on November 20, 2023. The adult victim and her infant son died from their injuries at the scene. The other two children were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The indictment was handed down on Tuesday afternoon. Ivy was charged with two counts of Capital First-Degree Murder, two counts of Attempted First-Degree Murder and First-Degree Arson Dwelling.

The case was investigated by the Daytona Beach Police Department. Assistant State Attorney Heatha Trigones is the state prosecutor assigned to the double homicide case.

 

For more information contact: 

Haley Harrison | Multimedia Specialist/PIO | Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit | SAOPIO@SAO7.org