A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

James Bernard Bain was 19 years old when he was convicted of kidnapping a Lake Wales boy, then raping him on a baseball diamond not far from the child's home. ...more

December 11, 2009

Authorities arrested a Sarasota man Friday in connection to a woman's rape and murder in DeSoto County in 1984 after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, police said. ...more

April 11, 2009

Outside, the motion-triggered floodlights in her fenced-in yard had been unscrewed. The Chevrolet Blazer was missing. All the doors were locked. ...more

January 7, 2009

Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., the former sergeant at MacDill Air Force Base who stands accused in the murders of his ex-girlfriend and their 15-month-old son, accidentally left a glove behind at the murder scene, according to court documents unsealed this morning. ...more

January 6, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- A former Air Force sergeant was arrested this morning in Putnam County on charges he killed his girlfriend and their baby in St. Petersburg in 2007 while he was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., 40, of 1701 Wetherbee Road, was indicted this month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Paula O'Conner, 37, and their 15-month-old infant son, Alijah O'Conner. ...more

December 31, 2008

More than two weeks after a small plane carrying two people crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Homosassa, a second body has been recovered. ...more

December 19, 2008

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is taking the lead in the investigation into the disappearance of a small plane off the coast of Homosassa. The agency said it will be responsible for releasing the identity of the remains found in the Gulf of Mexico last week. ...more

December 16, 2008

Ever wondered if you could be a blood marrow donor? Florida Blood Services is offering area residents a chance to find out with free enrollment in November. Anyone between ages 18 and 60 who donates whole blood, red cells, platelets or plasma is eligible to join the National Marrow Donor Program - a nationwide database that attempts to match an estimated 6,000 people a day to a volunteer donor. ...more

November 8, 2008

NORTH PORT - Genetic material from Patrick Dewayne Murphy was found under the fingernails of 6-year-old Coralrose Fullwood after she was found murdered in North Port two years ago, court records show, suggesting she fought her attacker. ...more

September 13, 2008