TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — What began as a 911 call reporting a tragic accident has unraveled into a chilling tale of alleged violence and calculated deceit, culminating in a second-degree murder charge. After a meticulous, month-long investigation that pierced through a fabricated self-defense story, Landy Hayes, 37, is behind bars for the stabbing death of her 34-year-old boyfriend, Tybius Andrews.
The grim discovery unfolded on the night of July 25, 2025, at the Talla-Villa Apartments on East Magnolia Drive. Tallahassee Police officers, responding to the scene just before 11 p.m., were met with a harrowing sight: Andrews suffering from critical stab wounds. Despite the frantic life-saving efforts of first responders, the man was pronounced dead right there in the apartment complex.
In the immediate aftermath, Hayes presented a story of a desperate struggle. She told investigators that a night of heavy drinking by Andrews escalated into a heated argument. She claimed he brandished a knife, that a physical fight ensued, and that she managed to wrestle the weapon away from him. Her account concluded with the shocking assertion that Andrews had accidentally impaled himself on the blade she was holding.
This narrative initially granted Hayes her freedom, released pending the findings of a deeper investigation. But the cold, hard facts of forensic science would soon tell a different story. The Leon County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Andrews had alcohol in his system, but its findings delivered a crushing blow to Hayes’s version of events. The autopsy concluded definitively that the fatal wound could not have been self-inflicted in the manner she described.
Armed with this critical evidence, detectives spent weeks painstakingly dissecting Hayes’s account. They interviewed witnesses, gathered evidence from the apartment, and found mounting inconsistencies in her statements. The picture that emerged was not one of a tragic accident, but of an intentional act followed by a deliberate campaign to mislead law enforcement.
The lengthy investigation reached its climax on August 28, 2025. No longer considered a witness, Landy Hayes was formally charged with second-degree murder and taken into custody, her previous claims of innocence dismantled by forensic truth. She now awaits her first court appearance from the Leon County Jail, where prosecutors are preparing to present a case built on science, testimony, and a pursuit of justice for Tybius Andrews.
