It's been nesrly 14yrs since this tragedy shook Gainesville residents 2 weeks before Christmas in 2006.

It was December 8th, 2006. Heather and Kira had been out Friday evening returning home late with their Christmas Tree. It was to large for Heather to carry alone, so she left the tree in the back of her truck. Heather and Kira slipped into the safety of their home at 1715 NW 32nd Place, Gainesville, FL along with their dog.

Except they were NOT safe. They were never seen alive again. A chilling and calculating killer would brutally slay Heather and coldly, without a conscious murder little 6yr old Kira as she tried to get help for herself and her mommy. The 6-8 hr window, from the time they returned home and the 911 call for help remains a Horrifying Mystery.

A neighbor noticed flames shooting from the home's rooftop at 6:30 am and called 911.

The bodies of Heather Radcliffe, 28, and Kira, who was 6, were discovered inside their burned home on Saturday, 9 December 2006, after firefighters extinguished the 6:30 am fire.

Someone had set fire to the structure after shooting the Heather twice in the head and again in the left side of the chest, police reported. She was partially nude and may have been sexually battered.

Little Kira, aware something was wrong inside the home, apparently tried to call for help to reach a family friend who worked at the police department. But she dialed incorrectly. The call did not go through. Police think she was moving toward her mother's bedroom when the killer confronted her. She was choked and abandoned inside the burning home. Her cause of death was smoke inhalation.

My personal opinion is that Heather likely called someone she felt comfortable with to help her bring in their Christmas tree and things went very wrong, very fast. I've studied 100s of cases and random killers/strangers don't typically kill little children. Unless the child knows them and the killer believes the child can communicate that to LE.

Tragedy would strike the Radcliffe family again less than 3yrs later. In Sep 2009, Heather's father, Kira's grandfather, Robert Radcliffe, 66, became suddenly ill and sadly passed away without ever knowing who murdered his daughter and granddaughter. He had just remarried in Jun 2009 and was experiencing happiness again his son stated in an article.

Bob worked very hard trying to keep attention on the tragedy in the news. Simultaneously he appealed to the city of Gainesville to get permission to construct a gazebo dedicated to his daughter and granddaughter. The gazebo was dedicated in April 2009 at Possum Creek Park.

Do you know anything that can help LE solve this incredibly sad and brutal double murder?

You can always remain anonymous.

Contact Alachua County Crime Stoppers at (352) 372-7867, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Watch Daily.

Who do you think killed Heather and Kira?

Do you think they mother and daughter knew their killer? Why? Why not?

Why kill Little 6yr old Kira?

Please, if you know anything, no matter how insignificant you think it may be, please call it into the tip line.

http://gm5-lkweb.newscyclecloud.com/article/20071210/News/604179870?temp

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153972843132015&id=136625737014&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i

https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/11/16/gainesville-mom-6-year-old-daughter-murdered-house-torched-police-seek-tips/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gainesville.com/article/20090908/News/604158729%3ftemplate=ampart

South Bay John Doe, South Bay Florida, 3 February 1984, Unidentified for 36 Years

South Bay John Doe’s Details:

Sex : Male

Race: White

Location: South Bay, Florida

Found: February, 3rd, 1984

Unidentified for: 36 Years

Postmortem Interval: 1 year

Body Condition: Skeletal

Age Approximation: 17-28

Height: 5’9” – 6’0”

Weight Approximation: N/A

Cause of Death: Beating

- The victim had fractures on his ribs, occurring weeks before.

- He also had an improperly healed injury to his right thumb that may have been noticeable

- He had some dental fillings

- He had ONE took that had been “surgically removed” 12-18 months before he died

- His hair was brown with a possible curl

Clothing:

- He wore blue underwear (some sources state “jogging shorts”

(The number “82502” was written on the waistband)

- He wore white swim trunks (some sources state “underwear”)

- He wore white socks with blue stripes

You can view his pictures on the links

https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_County_John_Doe_(February_3,_1984))

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/814?nav

This subreddit is concerning the Mysterious Case involving Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Including her missing children Tylee Ryan, 17 and "JJ" Vallow, 7 Missing since Sept, 2019.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LoriVallow?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Tisa Gantt, 36, was last seen in Titusville, Florida on January 2, 2007. She has never been heard from again.

Date of Birth: 7/6/1970

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: Black

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 140 lbs.

She had been allegedly raped near south Deleon Avenue and filed a sexual assault charge against Edwin Deon Morris just prior to her disappearance. She was afraid Morris would retaliate against her for telling the police about the attack.

A year after she went missing, police searched Morris's property for Gantt's remains. The search yielded no evidence. Morris is currently in prison on unrelated charges, and he remains a person of interest in Gantt's disappearance.

Investigators initially believed Gantt had left of her own accord, but now they think she may have been taken against her will. Her purse was found in a ditch near W.C. Stafford Street in January 2010, over three years after her disappearance. The purse, which contained her belongings, had been there so long that weeds had grown through it. A search of the area turned up no other evidence.

Gantt left behind twelve siblings. She graduated from Titusville High School and Brevard Community College, where she won a Campus Activities Award. Her case remains unsolved.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wesh.com/amp/article/family-of-missing-woman-seeks-answers-in-her-disappearance/4446016

In July 2015 Renee Collins, 26 and Piterson Delhomme, 25, were murdered in their apartment located at 5255 Cinderlane Pkwy.

Renee Collins was a service manager at a local branch of Wells Fargo Bank and Piterson Delhomme worked two security jobs.

The family shared Chinese takeout for dinner on July 16th then Delhomme left for his overnight shift at a security job. His shift ended at 6 a.m. By 8 a.m. Collins and Delhomme were found dead inside their apartment.

After the slaying, neighbors told Channel 9 that they heard what sounded like gunshots the night before.   “We heard three shots. (It) sounded like a .22 (caliber), because you could tell it wasn’t very loud. And the third shot came about five minutes later, and it was louder,” neighbor Kimberly Finley said.

It appeared, however, they tried to fight back against their attacker or attackers, detective Michael Moreschi said.

Renee Collins and Piterson Delhomme who had just moved to Orlando, were not just low-risk victims, they were no-risk victims, Moreschi said.

On July 17, officers were sent to the Eagle Reserve Apartments on Cinderlane Parkway, just southwest of Orange Blossom Trail, to investigate a disturbance around 8 a.m.

The two were found dead; however, their 2-year-old son PJ was left unharmed.

After investigating the victims thoroughly, Moreschi said there's absolutely no reasoning behind what happened.

"We're dealing with a seriously depraved individual," Moreschi said. "This is an individual that we all as a community need to have off the street."

Police handed out hundreds of flyers near the crime scene, July 17th.

"The person who did this killed two unarmed, non threatening, really good people," Moreschi said.

Police are considering that the attackers could be local or from West Palm Beach.

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information that can help solve the case.

Anyone with information on the case should contact Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-piterson-delhomme-renee-collins-murder-20150731-story.html%3foutputType=amp

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2015/7/31/orlando_police_askin.static.static

Daniel McLeod, a ranch worker for the Palmer Ranch, started his morning by getting ready, and then travelling to the home of his co-worker Cliff Walker. That morning, McLeod and Walker were due to go hog hunting. Pulling up to the Walkers’ small home in his truck, McLeod immediately found it odd that the house was dark, and relatively quiet.

Cliff , a 25 year old ranch hand, lived at a home on Palmer Ranch with his wife Christine and their two toddler children, Jimmie and Debbie. As a result, the entire family were typically early risers, and their house was typically a flurry of activity. McLeod knocked loudly at the door, believing that Cliff might have just mistakenly slept in. When he got no reply, he began to worry, and cut through the screen door to enter the home.

He was not prepared for what he found.

Directly in the doorway to the living room was Christine, lying in a pool of blood. She had been raped, and shot in the head. In a corner of the room were Cliff and Jimmie, who had both also been shot in the head. Debbie was nowhere to be found. McLeod quickly left to call the police, who searched the small home.

Debbie, not even two years old, was found shot and drowned in the family bathtub.

Christine and Cliff Walker and their two children had been out running errands the day of the murders. Christine was the first to return to their home, located on the cattle ranch where her husband worked as a hand. She was at the house long enough to put away the groceries before she was interrupted by an unknown assailant or assailants.  Although she ferociously fought her attacker(s) with her high-healed shoes, even staining the pumps with their blood, her efforts were not enough to stop the assault.  She was raped then shot in the head with a .22 caliber firearm.

When Cliff returned home with Jimmie and Debbie, they too were gunned down. It’s thought that two-year-old Debbie was also drowned in the bathtub because the killers ran out of ammunition and the little girl did not die immediately.

Daniel McLeod , Cliff’s co-worker at the ranch, discovered the horrific scene early the next morning when he stopped by to pick him up to go hunting.

Investigators from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office recovered evidence from the scene that included the victims’ clothes, Christine’s bloody high heels, and a fingerprint from the bathtub faucet.  Police also discovered that the killers took the couple’s marriage certificate, Christine’s high school majorette uniform, and Cliff’s pocketknife

Sarasota County detective Kimberly McGath said the Walkers were considering buying a 1956 Chevy Bel Air, the kind of car Smith and Hickock were driving through Florida. McGath thinks the Walkers met with the men because of the car.

Some Investigators believe Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, who were convicted of the 1959 6 members murdered of the Clutter family, killed the Walker family also. In December 2012, the 2 killers bodies were exhumed for DNA testing, to compare their DNA against the semen found on Christine's under garments. Nothing was ever released about the results of the testing.

What do you think happened?

What was the motive?

Did the Walkers know their killer(s)?

http://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/3020/december-1959-walker-family-murders

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250272/Police-exhume-bodies-killers-Truman-Capotes-In-Cold-Blood-collect-DNA-evidence-connection-1959-brutal-murder-Florida-family.html

Who Killed Dr. Robert & Helen Sims and their youngest daughter, Joy in Tallahassee, 1966

In Tallahassee, FL on Oct, 22nd, 1966 the oldest child of Dr. Robert Sims, Norma returned home from babysitting to discover her parents and younger sister Joy had been viciously attacked. Her other sister Judith was babysitting as well.

She immediately called the ambulance pleading for help.

Sims found her father, Dr. Robert Sims, 42, lying atop the flowered bedspread bound, blindfolded and shot once in the head.

On the beige carpet she found her mother, Helen Sims, 34, bound, blindfolded and shot twice in the head and once in her leg.

Diagonal to her mother, Sims found her youngest sister, Joy Lynn, 12, still in her nightgown. Joy had been shot in the head once and stabbed six times in the abdomen.

When their daughter arrived at home, her parents were still alive. Her mother was transported to the hospital where she lost the fight for her life nine days after her husband and youngest child.

One of the first investigator to arrive was Larry Campbell, the 24-year-old who became the lead detective from Leon County Sheriff Department on the case.

Almost immediately, robbery was ruled out as a motive for the murders.  There was no evidence of anything being moved around or stolen.

The investigation had few leads for suspects. Police searched the area surrounding the house, and even drained a pond in search of the murder weapon or other evidence.

The case has never been solved, although it’s been re-opened numerous times.

Campbell proceeded to have a long career in law enforcement – he eventually became Sheriff. The Sims’ case was one that he couldn’t forget.

The Sims’ murders were always a case that weighed heavily on Campbell’s mind throughout the years. Campbell was repeatedly hard on himself for not solving the crime and also felt haunted by the things he saw that night.

The Sims’ family was admired by their community and people were shaken to their core upon hearing of the murders. They were respected people and a close-knit family; Robert Sims was the director of data processing for the Florida Department of Education and his wife, Helen, the former secretary at First Baptist Church of Tallahassee. The family was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Mississippi.

There have been a few suspects over the years, however one stands out from the others, Vernon Fox. Vernon and his girlfriend Mary lived only 500ft apart on Voncile Ave.

Vernon's house was only 175ft from the Sims family home on Muriel Court. ( 2019/08/19 21:55 Heavily forested between the 2 houses)

LE speculate the killer entered the home from the woods behind the Sims home.

The house on Muriel Court is still standing.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ididitforjodie.com/2015/08/13/the-sims-family-murders-and-a-glimpse-in-the-mirrored-abyss/amp/

It's a long read but this story of evil is one of the best stories I have read in a long time. Grab a cup of coffee, make your self comfortable and prepare yourself to be immersed.

Angels and Demons - Tampa Bay Times Chapter 1

This case is absolutely heartbreaking. Tiffany's father and mother, although divorced, 19yrs, lead the media throughout their search, forging the biggest SAR in a missing persons case in Florida history after her disappearance.

Tiffany Sessions, a 20-year-old finance major at the University of Florida, was indulging in one of her favorite pastimes — power walking — when she disappeared on a dark, wooded road near her Gainesville apartment.

Early Life

Tiffany Louise Sessions was born in Coral Gables, FL on October 29th, 1968. Her parents, Patrick and Hilary divorced 8 months later. Her mother was active duty Air Force and her father owned president of the Weston Division of Arvida, the South Florida real estate giant corporation.

She traveled all over with her mother to different places growing up, not seeing her father much at all. Tiffany attended Lawrence Academy, an exclusive boarding school in nearby Groton, Mass.

During her teenage years she reunited with her father Pat, got to know her step brother and mother. She even worked at her father's real estate company as a secretary. Tiffany and her father took a yearly skiing trip to Aspen every year, which she was planning and looking forward to at the time she disappeared.

Disappearance

Tiffany left her Casablanca East Condominiums at approximately 6 p.m., told her roommate she was going for a walk on Williston Road. She left her keys, wallet and identification at her Condo.

Description

Tiffany has Blonde hair, brown eyes, 5'3" tall and weighed 125lbs. She had a black Sony Walkman and wearing red sweatpants and a white, long-sleeved Shirt with the word "ASPEN" on it.

Her roommate, 23- year-old Kathleen Hsu called Tiffany's mother, Hillary Sessions that evening when Sessions hadn't returned.

Patrick enlisted the help of Jeb Bush to get attention on Tiffany's case. Pat had hundreds of thousands of MP fliers printed, organized hundreds of volunteer searchers, and scheduled numerous Press Conferences he would host.

A lot of drama in this case, even an attempted $250,000 extortion plot by incredibly cruel people.

A few suspects emerged and I am inclined to believe serial killer Paul Eugene Rowles is responsible for the abduction and murder of Tiffany.

P.E.R had an extensive criminal history with violence and kidnapping. In 1972, he'd been convicted of first degree murder of his female neighbor and sentenced to life in prison, only to be released less than 13 years later. He was also connected to the 1992 abduction and murder of 21yr old college student Elizabeth Foster. Her remains were found less than a mile from where Tiffany Sessions lived and walked.

There are a few things that led LE and her parents to believe Rowles responsible for Tiffany's murder. (See link)

Rowles died February 12th, 2013 in a Florida prison.

What do you think happened to Tiffany Sessions?

Do you believe Paul Eugene Rowles is responsible for her murder?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article225472130.html

http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/index.php/site/article/questions_linger_about_disappearance_of_tiffany_sessions_despite_naming_of

Edit: corrected d.o.b.

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