Sun Crime State
Sun Crime State
A weekly look at local and state crime by Daytona Beach News-Journal crime reporter Tony Holt. Tony looks at current events and recent crimes and every week he takes a deep dive into a cold case.Follow the podcast:
Aileen Wuornos: Eyes That Looked Like They Had Killed - Ep 76
Aileeen Wuornos murdered seven men 30 years ago up and down Central Florida and remains the most recent woman executed in Florida. Guests: Defense attorney and special prosecutor David Damore, , former Volusia County Sheriff Bob Vogel, Ocala Star-Banner reporter Joe Callahan, and former Star-Banne…
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A Fatal Escape - Ep 75
Police name a suspect in the 14-year-old Daytona Serial Killer case; the same suspect charged in the 2016 death of a prostitute in Palm Beach County. Susan Perkins died after jumping from a moving car in an effort to escape her kidnapper in Altamonte Springs 15 years ago. The case remains unsolved.…
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A Serial Killer's End - Ep. 74
Gary Ray Bowles goes on a murdering spree 25 years ago up and down the Interstate 95 corridor from Daytona Beach to suburban Maryland. The "I-95 Killer" becomes the 99th death row inmate to be executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Special guests: Jacksonville prosecut…
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The Soviet Spy of Melbourne - Ep 73
George Trofimoff sold secrets to the Soviet Union and became the highest-ranking U.S. military officer ever convicted of espionage. Special guest: Former AP reporter Vickie Chachere
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The Deltona Vanishing - Ep 72
A Winter Park developer is accused of drugging and sexually battering a woman in his Flagler County home, and a look-back at the 2001 disappearance of Lillian Martin and her grandson, Joshua Bryant. The case was solved three years later following a deadly, 600-mile rampage from Lake Helen to the Bl…
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The El Camino Inferno - Ep 71
A man wanted on sex crimes in California is found living near Key West under an alias, and the case of two victims burned to death 38 years ago in Brooksville remains unsolved. Special guests: Victim's sister Kellie Davidson and retired sheriff's deputy Greg Laxton
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Who Killed Laralee Spear? - Ep 70
Daytona Beach police announce the arrest of a suspected serial rapist linked to 7 cases and cold case investigators discuss the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Laralee Spear, who was murdered moments after getting off the bus down the road from her DeLand-area home. The investigation has continued f…
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The Murder That Ended Canadian Spring Break - Ep 69
Mark Fyke, 18, of Ontario, was fatally shot at a payphone in Daytona Beach. The slaying caused an uproar in Fyke's hometown of Belleville and had a lasting impact on international tourism. Special guests: Former News-Journal reporter Joe Ditzler, Daytona Beach Welcome Center manager Scott Edwards…
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A Woman and a Gun: The Story of Linda Cooney - Ep 68
Linda Cooney shoots her ex-husband in Juno Beach in front of their young sons and gets acquitted. Two decades later, in Las Vegas, Cooney gets convicted of shooting and paralyzing her oldest son ... with the same gun she used on her husband. Special guests: Palm Beach Post investigative reporter Ch…
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Unforeseen Betrayal: Death at Lake Seminole - Ep 67
Mike Williams vanished during a hunting trip in Jackson County. Seventeen years later, authorities dug up his remains in a lake in Leon County and announced that the 31-year-old married father was the victim of a homicide. A year later, his wife was convicted of his murder.Special guests: Tallahass…
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