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Reward Offered In Fatal Home Invasion

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The Tampa Tribune

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 4, 2008

PORT RICHEY - Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for breaking in to a Port Richey home and killing an 82-year-old resident.

About 2 a.m. on Aug. 28, a masked man entered the home of Joseph Wido and his wife, Roberta, 79, on Quimby Drive in Timber Oaks.

Pasco County sheriff's officials say Joseph Wido tried to protect his wife and home, telling the intruder he could take him. Moments later, he was killed. His wife was bound and waited for nearly 10 hours until neighbors heard her cries. She was unharmed.

The killer has been described as 20 to 40 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 170 pounds, with dark hair and eyebrows and dark eyes. He was wearing a bandanna or rag around his nose and mouth, a white T-shirt, blue jeans, a white baseball cap with the number 20 in black lettering, and red cloth gloves.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in capturing this person. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477). Anonymously report online at www.crime

stopperstb.com or send an anonymous text message to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637), Keyword: TIP155.

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