A Shalimar woman at the center of a suspicious death investigation has been charged with tampering with evidence by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to the home of 65-year old Barbara Wozniak at 86 10th Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night after receiving a call about a possible homicide.
Wozniak’s adult children say she told them she had shot her husband, 72-year old
Alfred Wozniak, in self-defense and placed him in a closet in the home. Investigators obtained a search warrant and found a fabricated brick wall inside a
closet under a stairway. After removing the bricks and drywall, a large dark plastic type of tarp was observed, shaped in the consistency of an adult body. The material had been thoroughly duct taped. It was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office where an autopsy is taking place to identify the remains and determine the cause of death.
Investigators meantime also found evidence that a possible shooting took place inside the townhome.
The OCSO investigation is continuing.
