Woman charged in Florida slayings; stolen safe, guns found

According to ABC News, Wiggins is a 47-year-old Florida real estate agent who owns property in three states. She has ties to two of the men already in custody, ABC reported. Police don’t believe she was at the house at the time of the shooting.

Wiggins has loads of cash that can’t be easily explained and loved to boast about her wealth, her estranged husband told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday.

“She likes to boast a lot about her position in society,” said Jimmy Malden Jr., who has been trying to divorce Wiggins for years.

But she also had less savory ties, he said.

“She knew some people, goodfellas, henchmen, she once told me about,” Malden told “GMA.”

Morgan said in a news conference that Wiggins has a lawyer and spoke with his investigators. A news conference on the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday.

Wiggins was spotted by Alabama police on her 47-foot yacht, “The Classy Lady,” at a marina Orange Beach and apparently did not know police were searching for her, ABC said.

Wiggins is a “family friend” and landlord to Leonard Gonzalez Jr., who police called a “pivotal” player in the July 9 double murder, Morgan said.

“We know she was associated with [Gonzalez Jr.] up until the day of the murders,” Morgan said.

Morgan said Wiggins has several aliases, including Pamela Wiggins, Pamela Malden, Pamela Long and Pamela Laverne Long Coco, according to NorthEscambia.com.

Footage taken by the home’s security cameras helped lead investigators to the suspects in last week’s murders. The videos showed masked men -- some dressed as ninjas -- slipping into front and back doors at the home.

Morgan said the men spent 30 days training for what was a precisely executed break-in, save for the failure to turn off the couple’s camera system. Before the crime, the extensive surveillance system was used to monitor the children.

“The execution was basically flawless,” Morgan said. “The one gaping hole that would not have made this a perfect operation, if you will, was the fact that the surveillance system was not disabled. I guess the question was why was it not?”

Morgan said an accomplice was assigned to turn off the cameras, possibly remotely, but never did — and the men who broke in apparently didn’t know that. Morgan said authorities are looking for another person of interest who may have been the one assigned to turn off the system, though he did not identify that person.

The surveillance videos led investigators to a red van used as a getaway car and eventually to the suspects, a loosely connected group of mostly day laborers who knew each other through a power washing business and an auto detailing operation.

They were in the nine-bedroom house for just four minutes and on the property for 10, Morgan said.

Morgan said the suspects took a safe from the house, though he would not say what was in it or what else was taken. Authorities have said the main motive was robbery, though there may have been others.

State Attorney Eddins said the day before Wiggins’ arrest that he will ask a grand jury to indict the suspects on first-degree murder charges. The male suspects range in age from 16 to 56.

David Melenkevitz, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said his agency is assisting with the investigation but would not comment further. He said Escambia County officials have also sought help from other federal agencies including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Nine of the couple’s 13 adopted children was home during the break-in. Three children saw the intruders but were not hurt. The couple also had four children from previous marriages.

The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this article.