Police: Cmdr. Alphonso Mortimer Doss murdered for insurance money

Cops: Wife, 2 Men Killed Navy Cmdr for Insurance
Times Union
by Jim Schoettler
Aug 06, 2014

A slain Jacksonville Navy commander's estranged wife, her boyfriend and that man's best friend have been charged in his February strangulation in an Orange Park motel in a failed plot to steal more than $1 million in life insurance money, police said Tuesday.

The arrests come nearly six months after the slaying of Cmdr. Alphonso Mortimer Doss, 44, who was found dead Feb. 12 in his room at the Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue off U.S. 17 near Interstate 295.

Tom Allen, the victim's father, said the lead Orange Park detective called him Tuesday morning to say that his late son's wife, Yolinda; her boyfriend, Anthony D. Washington; and Washington's pal, Ronnie R. Wilson II, were charged in the case.

Police at a mid-afternoon news conference confirmed that Yolinda H. Doss, 44; Wilson, 33; and Washington, 29, were charged with second-degree murder and assault and battery during a burglary.

Yolinda Doss turned herself into police Monday night and the arrests followed.

The suspects are being held in the Clay County jail and are set to appear in court Wednesday.

Orange Park Police Chief Gary Goble said Tuesday that Doss had been strangled by Washington, the wife's boyfriend, in what was a staged burglary orchestrated by her to collect money from at least one life insurance policy. He said no money was collected.
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