Friday, July 1st 1988

 

Victim:Christine Trespasso

Location: East of Ponce De Leon Street on Nicholson Avenue Sarasota, Florida

Suspects: Yes

Synopsis: Trespasso was found in a wooded area at the above listed location. The cause of death was listed as suffocation and manual strangulation. Trespasso also had a large amount of cocaine in her blood.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number:88-04468

 

Friday, February 26th 1988

Victim: Augustine Munoz

Location:Oakwood Apartments 900 21st Street East Palmetto, Florida

Suspects: Unknown

Synopsis: Munoz was talking to his parents in Mexico on the pay telephone at Oakwood. A fight ensued between several unknown black males versus several unknown Mexican males. Munoz was shot in the head, which is believed to have come from a passing vehicle. No suspects are known at this time.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number:87-28493

 

Monday, December 14th 1987

Victim: Jacques Themitius

Location: Themitius' residence 1001 35th Avenue Drive East Bradenton, Florida Suspects: None

Synopsis: Victim was a suspected to be involved in drugs. Subjects entered the residence and shot him in the face. No suspects were developed in this case.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number: 87-26570

 

Sunday, November 22nd 1987

Victim: Bobbie Jo Fitts

Location:700 block of 57th Avenue West Bradenton, Florida

Suspects:

Synopsis: Victim was found in the wooded area near Fountain Lake Apartments. Cause of death was Asphyxia due to Strangulation. Victim was last seen by her boyfriend, the evening before she was found. There were numerous suspects. Street information was received that Fitts had "ripped off' another person of drugs and money. No evidence was available at this time to link a suspect to the crime.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number: 87-19294

 

Tuesday, August 18th 1987

Victim: Todd McAfee

Location:McAfee's Residence State Road 70 Myakka City, Florida

Suspects: Yes

Synopsis: Victim returned home from the store and confronted unknown persons in his trailer. Victim was shot at least twice and dumped in a ditch behind his residence. The victim's guns were stolen and one gun was recovered in Desoto County. A female suspect was charged by the State Attorney's Office for dealing in stolen property. The female suspect was in possession of one of the victim's guns. The female suspect and her husband were interviewed about the homicide but nothing could be found to link the two to this case.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number:87-08665

 

Tuesday, August 18th 1987

Victim:  Sam Belluccio

Location: Manatee River/400 yards West of I-75 Bridge Ellenton, Florida Suspects: None Synopsis: Victim lived and worked in Tampa. He was found shot and weighted down in the Manatee River near 1-75 @ US 301. This case went back and forth between MCSO and Tampa due to the unclear circumstances about where the homicide actually occurred. No suspects were developed in this case.

 

Friday, August 1st 1980 Kingfish Boat Ramp Murders Dr. Juan Dumois, Eric Dumois age 13, Mark Dumois age 9 and Robert Matzke The Kingfish Ramp Murders. A person approached the Dumois vehicle, pretending to have an injury and asked for a ride. The subject got in the car with the Dumois family and Robert Matzke, then shot and killed all four. Friday, August 01, 1980 Dr. Juan Dumois, Eric Dumois age 13, Mark Dumois age 9 and Robert Matzke On the date of August 1, 1980, five people were shot, four of them fatally in the City of Holmes Beach. This case remains under investigation by the Holmes Beach Police Department. Dr. Juan Dumois, 47, his sons Eric, 13 and Mark, 9, and local resident Robert Matzke, 60, were murdered by an unknown assailant. Dumois’ brother in law, Raymond Barrows, 54, was also shot but survived. Barrows died of natural causes in 1982. On August 1, 1980 at 5:00p.m, Dumois, his sons, and Barrows returned from a fishing trip and loaded their boat at the Kingfish Boat Ramp. After pulling away from the ramp, they were approached by a white male on a bicycle. The subject stated that he had injured his ankle and asked for a ride. He then loaded his bicycle into the boat and got in the back seat of Dumois’ station wagon with the children. Dumois pulled out and proceeded westbound on Manatee Avenue from the ramp. The subject immediately opened fire in the vehicle striking all of the victims in the back of the head with a .22 caliber weapon. The vehicle then jackknifed on the north shoulder of Manatee Avenue just west of the boat ramp. The subject then got out of the vehicle and rode westbound on Manatee Avenue on his bicycle. Matzke, working in his yard at a nearby condominium, observed what had taken place and pursued the subject to the parking lot of a nearby grocery store. Matzke and the subject exchanged words, and he was shot in the head by the subject. Witnesses then observed the subject load his bicycle in a tan colored vehicle at the grocery store and leave eastbound on Manatee Avenue.

 

WFTS ABC Action News Reporting on 30 year anniversary

 

 

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number: 1978-102996

 

On October 23, 1978 Barbara Jean Robelen was abducted from the 7-11 store at Experimental Farm Rd and US 41 in Palmetto, Fl while she was on-duty working as a store clerk. 

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number:1977-252414

 

On April 19, 1977 deputies responded to the Albertson's parking lot where they found Harry Wolfe shot, laying on the floorboard of a Gold Chevrolet Pickup Truck.

Manatee County Sheriff

Case Number:1976-236644

 

On August 26, 1976 Sharon Hanna (Shine) was found murdered along a fence line at the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport.  Hanna was found face down and nude.  She was believed to have been wearing a tube top blouse, pants, and a bandana that was in a pile next to the victim.