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Lake County man executed Tampa-area woman, deputies say

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — A Lake County man was arrested Thursday after he confessed to killing a Tampa-area woman, deputies said.

Fannie Houck’s body was found Monday in the area of County Road 711, north of State Road 50 in Webster, deputies said.

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Deputies said Stanley Tarrand, 40, shot Houck execution-style with a single gunshot to the back of the head.

Cellphone data placed Houck within 1/2 mile Tarrand’s home. Her body was found 8 miles from his home.

"He grew up in the area where the body was dumped," said Tony Prevatt with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

While conducting a search warrant, detectives found a firearm they believe was used to kill Houck in Tarrand’s vehicle, investigators said.

A motive for the shooting is under investigation.

"He said, 'I don't know why I did it, but I i did it,'" Prevatt said.

No other details have been released.

Tarrand was released from the Department of Corrections in November after he served lessa 51-year sentence for a separate murder in June 1993. He was a juvenile at the time of the crime when he stabbed Jackie Harris 51 times, deputies said.