![]() I wanted plenty of outdoor living and the convenience of an RV to be able to head out on the spur of the moment.īack then my idea was a campground and lots of outdoor living but now I want to travel to urban and rural environments. My dream started years ago when my kids were little and I wanted to take them traveling. ![]() Click here to donate.Ĭox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report.Ĭlick here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.I encourage you to read the rest of my story (including how much this cost me) and tour the rest of my DIY cargo trailer micro camper below: “I wish I could go back and turn the hands of time, but they were just two young kids, just trying to help other people and share love,” he said.Ī GoFundMe has been set up for Simjee to help his family with funeral and burial costs. Paulus said knowing they’re in custody does give him some comfort, but if he could go back, he would tell the young couple to keep driving. READ: ‘The risk is still there’: Raw oysters from Louisiana linked to 2 deaths in Florida Hider and Pinkins are facing murder and kidnapping charges. When deputies investigated, they said they found a group of tents that had been set up in the National Forest in what they described as a “base camp.” In the news release, deputies said that they saw a woman, later identified as Pinkins, standing near the tents and ordered her to the ground, but as they did so “a 5-year-old child ran from the woods holding a loaded shotgun.” Deputies told the child to put the gun down, which they eventually did after continuing to the woman’s location. Investigators said the second woman, Krystal Pinkins, ran from the scene but she was eventually located. Hider was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. READ: Deputies: Florida mechanic arrested after threatening customer, mother with machete He was shot in the back and died instantly. Simjee also had a gun and exchanged fire with Hider. Investigators said at one point, one of the women, later identified as Yasmine Hider, pulled out a gun and forced the couple into the forest. “He learned how to repair things and he helped me with stuff before. “They’re both somewhat mechanically inclined, and Adam was very wise,” Paulus said. READ: Vigil planned for Wednesday to honor life of fallen Daytona Beach Officer Jason Raynor ![]() Paula said he got a call from his 20-year-old daughter and Simjee on Sunday, saying they were flagged down at a national forest in Alabama to help the two women with their car.Īs a mechanic, Paulus said the situation made him proud. “He’s definitely the man you’d hope your daughter would end up with.” “I believe she’s still here because of him,” he said. Paulus’s father, Matt Paulus, said Simjee is a hero. READ: Deputies investigating deadly attempted robbery find armed 5-year-old in the forest His girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, is enrolled in grad school. Simjee was in the process of finishing up his finance degree at UCF. Next week was supposed to be the next chapter in the couple’s four-year love story. Investigators in Alabama believed the two suspects were women who were part of a group of people who were living off the grid. ![]() The Clay County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama said 22-year-old Adam Simjee was shot and killed on Sunday after being tricked by two women into pulling over at the Talladega National Forest before the shooting happened. > STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<< A University of Central Florida student is dead and his girlfriend is grieving after their end-of-summer trip to Alabama turned tragic.
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