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Sheriff Gator DeLoach announced Friday the identity of a victim in a 43-year-old cold case murder. William Irving Monroe III died from a gunshot wound to the neck a few weeks before his partial buried body was discovered on December 4, 1980. A deputy on routine patrol found the body in the area of Sisco Road and Broward Lake Road in Pamona Park.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Providing new hope for local families whose loved ones have been killed, the State Attorney’s Office for Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit has been awarded a $470,000 grant to take another look at cold cases. In the grant application, prosecutors said they identified more than 740 pending cold cases between 1995 and 2016. “Cold cases are challenging to investigate and rewarding to solve. To prioritize the cases, prosecutors have a scale based on solvability, so the cases with the most promising evidence will be looked at first. Ad“Yes, they’re cold cases.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than two decades after a Jacksonville business owner was murdered in his own garage, police are turning to the public for help solving this cold case homicide. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a composite sketch of the woman after the stabbing, but she still has not been identified. The man’s identity also remains a mystery even though police collected his fingerprints and DNA from the scene. Margo Rhatigan told News4Jax. "We don’t know if that’s going to be a suspect vehicle.

A newborn baby who was left in a Boca Raton, Florida, dumpster has been reunited with her birth father. "God makes us strong, and were very happy, Martins told WPBF in Spanish Im going to name her Sara." The baby was later found after her cries drew the attention of two nearby maintenance workers, the Sun Sentinel reported. Sousa was ultimately identified as the mother thanks to a receipt she left in the trash bag among the garbage, according to the Palm Beach Post. How can a mother do this? Sousa allegedly told a neighbor as authorities searched the apartment complex where she lived and near where the baby was found.