Nearly four decades after an 11-year-old girl was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered, St. Lucie County investigators said a deputy who's now deceased is the probable suspect in the crime.
A dead Florida deputy and preacher who worked for 10 law enforcement agencies including several in Central Florida has been announced as a suspect in the 1983 kidnapping and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
33-year-old cold case in St. Lucie County solved
Body of Rocky Taylor, 25, found in citrus grove in 1987
Thirty-three years ago, investigators in St. Lucie County came upon a badly decomposed body in a citrus grove. It was a homicide, but for three decades, no one had been arrested. But now, that cold case has been closed.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. â Thirty-three years ago, investigators in St. Lucie County came upon a badly decomposed body in a citrus grove.
It was a homicide, but for three decades, no one had been arrested.
But now, that cold case has been closed.