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Woman charged in Spring Hill homicide

Posted at 4:04 PM, Aug 05, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-05 16:04:09-04
A 23-year-old woman has been charged with robbing and murdering a man in Spring Hill.
 
Kayla Collins faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Jeffrey Lott, 45, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
 
Lott’s body was found early Thursday morning in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn Express at 3528 Commercial Way, deputies said.
 
Lott, who appeared to have been robbed, had several gunshot wounds.
 
Deputies said Collins took Lott’s truck and left it outside a foreclosed home in Spring Hill where they also found some of Lott’s belongings.
 
Collins faces additional charges of armed robbery and grand theft auto.