LUTZ, Fla – On November 19, 1985, the body of Sharon J. Hopper was discovered in the wooded area on…
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Cold Case: The Murder of Lee Johns in Land O’ Lakes
LAND O’ LAKES, Fla.- On September 14, 2007, at approximately 3:00 PM, a customer found Lee Johns, lying deceased in…
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In October of 1991, Christina Evans was reported as a missing runaway to authorities, but eight months later, her body…
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SPRING HILL, Fla. – Between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm on December 23, 2001, Richard March was killed by unknown…
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TAMPA, Fla – It’s been 41-years since Curtis ‘Curt’ James McGhin’s family would learn their son and brother was found…
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TAMPA, Fla. – 7-year-old Jennifer Sophia Marteliz was last seen walking home from school in Tampa, Florida on November 15,…
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DADE CITY, Fla.- On 1/27/2003 at approximately 11:00 PM the bodies of John Combs Jr. and Ricardo Novoa-Mendoza were discovered…
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LAKELAND, Fla.- On October 28, 1977, 23-year-old Phoebe Winston was reported missing from her home in Plant City. She was last…
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CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH. – Amy Renee Mihaljevic was 10 years old when she was abducted from the Bay Village Square…
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TAMPA, Fla. – On June 6, 1994 victim, Mary Carol Hill-Frederick, was reported as a missing person by her husband.…
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