The arrest report describes dinner, neighbor video, a 911 call and a home covered with blood.
CUDJOE KEY, Fla. — Monroe County detectives are piecing together a Lower Keys couple’s final hours together after a woman was found fatally injured inside her home and her husband was charged with murder.
Bradly Shawn Shadduck, 56, faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, 62-year-old Lynne Alane Shadduck. Authorities say the case began before dawn May 28 with a neighbor’s emergency call, then widened into a review of surveillance video, a search warrant and statements Shadduck made after deputies found blood throughout the couple’s Maracaibo Lane home. The central question for investigators is what happened after the couple returned from a night out and before Shadduck appeared at a neighbor’s door asking for help.
The timeline described in the arrest report starts the night before the 911 call. Bradly Shadduck told detectives he and Lynne Shadduck went to Tonio’s Seafood Restaurant in Summerland Key, one island north of Cudjoe Key, where they had food and many drinks. He said he did not know how the couple returned home or what time they got back. A neighbor later told deputies she heard the couple arrive around 1:30 a.m. That detail gave investigators a starting point for the window in which the attack is alleged to have happened.
Surveillance video filled in part of the next gap. Deputies said video from a different neighbor’s home showed Bradly Shadduck after 4 a.m., shirtless and wearing light-colored shorts. He was seen banging on doors and windows for about two to three minutes, trying a passcode and shaking a railing with both hands, the report said. The homeowner gave deputies permission to search the area. Investigators said they found two bloody prints on the railing. The report does not say that anyone at that home opened the door or spoke with him at that time.
About 90 minutes later, deputies said, Shadduck went to his next-door neighbor’s home wearing no clothes and wrapped in a Cleveland Browns blanket. The neighbor called 911 for him shortly before 6 a.m. The report says Shadduck told the neighbor the house was full of blood and asked that emergency responders be sent. When deputies questioned him at the scene, he gave little explanation. “This just happened,” he said, according to the report. He then repeatedly said his wife needed help and declined to add more details.
Inside the home, deputies found Lynne Shadduck unconscious in a hallway. She was naked, bloody and had injuries to her face, the back of her head and her hands, authorities said. She was still breathing and had a pulse when deputies and medics reached her. Emergency crews took her to Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island, where she was pronounced dead later that morning. Officials did not immediately release a final cause of death. Early reports from the sheriff’s office said autopsy results were pending and the investigation was ongoing.
The house itself became a major part of the evidence. Deputies described it as being in “complete disarray,” with broken items, objects and instruments scattered through the rooms. They reported blood smears across the floor and a large pool of blood in the living room. After obtaining a search warrant, investigators said they found blood from the front door through the main living area, the hallway and the bathroom. The arrest report described a smear in the hallway that appeared to show the victim had been dragged toward the bathroom. Dried blood was found around the toilet and the tub-shower area, deputies said.
At sheriff’s office headquarters, detectives asked Shadduck about the night and the condition of the home. He said the damage and blood were connected to “rough sex,” according to the arrest report. He also said that when he drinks, he passes out and does not remember anything. Deputy Paul McNalley wrote that Shadduck claimed not to remember going to a neighbor’s home to ask for help. The report noted, however, that he did ask for a lawyer during questioning, and the interview ended. Authorities did not report any confession in the arrest document.
Investigators also noted what they did not see. McNalley wrote that the evidence indicated “a significant fight and struggle for the victim,” but Bradly Shadduck did not appear to be hurt. That point stood out in the arrest report because of the amount of blood and the number of disturbed areas inside the house. Deputies did not identify another suspect, and Sheriff Rick Ramsay said there was no threat to the public. The sheriff’s office did not release a detailed account of the weapon or exact method of injury in the initial reports.
The charge places the case into the Monroe County court system, where prosecutors must decide how to carry the allegation forward. Second-degree murder in Florida does not require proof that a killing was planned in advance, but it does require proof of a dangerous act showing a depraved mind without regard for human life. Shadduck’s defense will have the right to challenge the arrest report, the forensic evidence, the statements attributed to him and any conclusions drawn from video or blood evidence. He remained in the Key West jail facility with no listed bond after his arrest.
Lynne Shadduck’s death changed a quiet residential block into a crime scene before many neighbors had started the day. Maracaibo Lane sits in Cudjoe Key, a Lower Keys community where homes often face canals and roads are narrow. Reports identified Lynne Shadduck as a nurse, mother and grandmother. Public remembrances described her as someone who spent her life caring for others. Those details are separate from the criminal case, but they form part of the record of who died inside the home deputies entered that morning.
The public record still leaves unanswered questions. Authorities have not released the final autopsy findings, the full results of forensic testing or a full account of what they believe occurred inside each room. The next steps include court hearings, evidence review and decisions by prosecutors as the second-degree murder case proceeds in Monroe County.
Author note: Last updated June 23, 2026.