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DNA testing confirmed that remains found by kayakers in a Cape Coral canal in 2024 belong to Rose Marie Gayhart, a New York woman who disappeared in 1985; the death is being investigated as a homicide, with assistance from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office for familial DNA, and investigators are pursuing new leads.
Joseph Zieler has been sentenced to death for the 1990 murders of 11-year-old Robin Cornell and 32-year-old Lisa Story in Cape Coral. Jurors recommended the death penalty for Zieler in a 10-2 vote. Zieler was found guilty of the first-degree murder charges in May. The sentencing marks the end of a 33-year-old cold case.
A 45-year-old man from Cape Coral died after losing control of his pickup truck and colliding with a light pole on County Road 765 in Charlotte County, Florida. The crash is under investigation.