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December 21, 2013
Melis Mull was told her 73-year-old mother died of natural causes in 2011, but as she was cleaning out the Rockledge home, she found her mother’s purse missing and thought to herself something was wrong.
She said a lot was on her mind at the time and didn’t immediately report her suspicion to police.
Two-and-a-half years later, on Tuesday, the Brevard County Grand Jury indicted Marcus Royal, 34, on murder and other charges in Ann Marie Mull’s 2011 death.
Royal, who has spent nearly half his life behind bars, is currently in jail awaiting trial on separate murder charges connected to the killing of 80-year-old Ethalya “Faye” Jones, in March in her Cocoa home.
The two victims lived about four miles apart.
State records show Royal was also convicted in a 1993 armed burglary in Cocoa that he committed at age 14. He was sentenced to prison and got out in 2010.
Melis Mull explained that her mother’s boyfriend was the first to notice something amiss. In May 2011, Ann Mull didn’t answer her phone when he called. He got worried, so he called neighbors to have them go check on her. They had spare keys.
Neighbors found her body, dressed only in underwear, in her home.
Melis said the medical examiner ruled it was a heart attack.
When authorities first responded to the scene, it appeared she died of natural causes, according to Assistant State Attorney Michael Hunt.
“It was not immediately known, or initially known to be a homicide,” he said. “It was not investigated initially as such.”
Weeks after her mother’s death, Melis Mull said, the executor of her mother’s estate reported activity on the missing credit card.
Documents show Royal contacted Rockledge police while he was in jail on the 2013 murder charge, wishing to talk about Mull’s death.
Documents show he told police he reached through a dog door to unlock a side door leading into Mull’s garage. He told police he went into her bedroom, woke her by hitting her on the head with a gun and dragged her into a hallway.
He told police he choked her until she stopped breathing.
Royal told police he went into the home to get money. He took about $100, jewelry, and her credit cards. Documents show Royal made several purchases with Mull’s credit card: Cajun Cafe, Sbarro Pizza, Walmart, 7-Eleven.
In investigating Royal’s account, police determined the information he gave them was consistent with the crime scene. Police say that Royal can be seen in surveillance video from two stores.
Tuesday’s indictment accuses Royal of first-degree felony murder, burglary of a dwelling with an assault or battery, grand theft, fraudulent use of a credit card and criminal use of personal ID information.
Mull’s daughter said the indictment was a bittersweet moment.
“It’s like a big relief, but it still sucks,” she said.
