Seeking Closure: Lee County's Cold Cases

🎧SEEKING CLOSURE EPISODE 7 🎧

A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PODCAST

On January 20, 2000, Lee County Sheriff's Office Deputies were on routine patrol of an area called Moon Lake when they discovered a partially mummified body. That body was 36 year-old Bonita Springs resident Denise Long. Denise's body had multiple stab wounds and showed signs being badly beaten.

Denise long had a history of drug abuse and was last seen in December of 1999. There are many witnesses in this case that have passed away or we need to locate. Please listen closely to this podcast as you or someone you know may have just one piece of information that could lead to the closure of the Denise Long case.

If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or report it anonymously to SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477). All callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward. 

Tips may also be made online at 

http://southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com/or

by submitting a tip on the P3Tips mobile app. Additionally, you can download the Lee County Sheriff’s Office app and report directly to SWFL Crime Stoppers.

On Friday, November 1, 2013, at approximately 3:58 am, the Lee County Sheriff's Office received a call via the 9-1-1 operator in reference to the possible shooting.  The caller advised he had been shot and they were still out there, the caller disconnected. The location of the incident was in Lehigh Acres, Lee County, Florida.  Deputies were dispatched to the scene.   

Deputies arrives on the scene and noticed two victims, one with a gunshot wound to the right hand and the other one, Jaabin Robinson, a black male born on August 28, 1983 unconscious on the ground with Jodi Brito is wife, a white female born on August 4, 1985; giving Robinson CPR compressions. Jaabin Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene and the Homicide investigation was opened. 

In this episode we will talk about the mysterious disappearance of Keri Anne Cefarelli. Keri Anne was a resident of North Fort Myers, Florida, and went missing on January 5, 2017. Despite extensive searches and investigations, there have been no concrete leads or clues to her whereabouts.

We will delve into the details of Keri Anne's disappearance and examine the leads of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit. We will speak with experts and individuals closely involved in the case, in the hopes of shedding some light on what happened to Keri Anne and perhaps even bringing her home.

Keri Anne Cefarelli was born on December 1, 1976, and was a happy and loving young mother and fiancé. Despite her struggles with addiction, Keri Anne was seeking treatment and working hard to overcome her challenges. She had a close-knit family and a supportive community around her. On January 5, 2017, Keri Anne went missing, leaving behind her young son and fiancé. 

On February 5, 2015 members of the Tice Fire Department and Central District Deputies responded to a trailer fire located  in the Tice area of Fort Myers. Fire Department personnel met with the complainant Peter Matthew Albritton, who resided in the trailer with Donna Chatterton. Albritton claimed Chatterton was not in the trailer when he returned home earlier nor could he confirm if she was in the trailer when the fire occurred.

 
On February 6, 2015 Central District Deputies responded to the residence of Diane Bisram who requested to file a missing person’s report for her daughter Donna Chatterton. Bisram was obviously concerned for the safety of Donna following the fire at her residence. Deputies completed a preliminary report and entered Chatterton as a missing person.

This is Seeking Closure: Episode 4 -  Where's Donna?

  On August 15, 2013, at approximately 12:26 p.m., a man reported that he had observed what he believed to be human remains in the area of Leah Court & Meadow Road, Lehigh Acres, Florida. The man was an employee of the Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC). Lee  County Deputy Leslie Green responded and confirmed that the body of a deceased white male lay on the roadway inside Leah Court, an undeveloped cul-de-sac in a wooded area of Lehigh Acres. 

The decedent had several physical defects that were consistent with gunshot wounds; one in his head, several in his torso, and one in his right forearm. There was extensive facial damage consistent with animal activity, likely due to the vultures observed on and around the body .

Using a finger print scanner to identify the decedent as Kyle Byrtus, a white male born on May 17, 1988. 

If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or report it anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS(8477).  All callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward. 

Tips may also be made online atwww.southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com or by submitting a tip on the P3Tips mobile app.  Additionally, you can download the Lee County Sheriff’s Office app and report directly to Crime Stoppers.

On or about September 13, 2002 at approximately 4:27 p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office received a 911 emergency medical request call in reference to a female found lying on the 4loor in a rear bedroom, unresponsive and bleeding from a gapping laceration to her neck. The female victim also had a coaxial cable wrapped around her neck. The incident occurred at 350 Louise Ave. in Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida.

Deputies were dispatched to investigate along with Lee County E.M.S. The first responding Deputies arrived on scene to find the white female had been fatally injured and secured the scene. Emergency Medical Technicians arrived at the scene and the victim was pronounced dead. The victim was identified as Sheila Joanne Foe, a white female born on October 22, 1956.


If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or report it anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS(8477).  All callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward. 

Tips may also be made online atwww.southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com or by submitting a tip on the P3Tips mobile app.  Additionally, you can download the Lee County Sheriff’s Office app and report directly to Crime Stoppers.

It was the fall of 1993 in Southwest Florida. The warm nights were getting shorter and shorter and the reality of what actually unfolded on the night of October 16th would haunt this Florida town for decades to come. 

Fire department officials were dispatched to a vehicle on fire in Lehigh Acres. They would find 30-year-old David Comparetto dead. He was murdered under extremely suspicious circumstances.

David was a single man who grew up with disabilities and struggled to find his place in life. David wanted to be accepted and find love. However, this isn’t a love story, it is a homicide. 

This was a death of a man who had loving parents, questionable friends, and a strong work ethic. But who killed David? We hope this first episode of Seeking Closure, releasing on the eve of the 28th anniversary of his murder, will help us find the answer.

(CFS: 93-110667)

If you have any information regarding this case, please call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or report it anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS(8477).  All callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward. 

Tips may also be made online atwww.southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com or by submitting a tip on the P3Tips mobile app.  Additionally, you can download the Lee County Sheriff’s Office app and report directly to Crime Stoppers.