INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — The Indian River County Sheriff's Office has announced a second arrest in a November 2024 home invasion in the Vero Beach Highlands neighborhood, in which a grandmother, granddaughter and unborn child were killed.
Sheriff Eric Flowers announced the arrest of Toby Featherston Friday afternoon during a news conference via Zoom.
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Flowers said Featherston and Aiden Christman who was arrested on Tuesday, both played a role in the deaths of Amanda Baker and her granddaughter, Shelby Lynn Baker on Nov. 10, 2024.
Featherston and Christman entered through the back door of the home, at around 3:47 a.m., armed with a gun and a knife and fatally wounded Amanda Baker and her granddaughter, Shelby Lynn Baker. Shelby Lynn Baker was pregnant at the time of her death, Flowers said.
The father of Shelby Lynn Baker's unborn child was also wounded in the home invasion but was able to escape and call for help. Amanda Baker's husband was able to hide and called 911, according to an arrest report.
Flowers said Featherston and Christman were seen on surveillance video walking through the neighborhood where the crime happened and Christman’s car was seen on a license plate recognition camera close to crime scene. The sheriff also said DNA found on a knife and a stolen firearm recovered in the crimes connected Featherston and Christman to the crime.
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Featherston is the brother of Shelby Lynn Baker's ex-boyfriend who apparently lived at the home for a short time.
"He was charged three years prior [to the home invasion] for attempting to kill his father," Flowers said. "He served three years in prison. We determined that while he was living there, he had been trespassed by Amanda and had multiple run-ins with Amanda and he said before leaving for prison, 'When I get out, I'm going to kill you.'"
Flowers said the fatal home invasion was driven by a personal vendetta of Featherston. Featherston was released from prison on Nov. 4, 2014, six days before the fatal home invasion.
"This absolute pshycho, Toby Featherston, made good on his promise that when he got out, he was going to kill Amanda," Flowers said.
Featherston and Christman are both being held without bond on first-degree murder charges.
The details surrounding which of the two specifically stabbed and shot the victims are unclear, Flowers said.
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