Post by Scumhunter on Apr 28, 2022 6:33:54 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: projectcoldcase.org)
From First Coast Crime Stoppers:
Senseless Murder of Rico Tillman, Jr.
Rico Tillman was a 20-year-old football player at Jacksonville University when he was killed while trying to defend his teammates in a nightclub fight at “Jazzco the Club”, 8550 Arlington Expressway, in the early morning hours of Sunday, on March, 19th 2000. His family hopes someone remembers something about the night he was stabbed. Police believe any information could be useful in finding the killer.
Rico never recovered from the stabbing and passed away on April, 10th. Years passed and there were no arrests in Rico`s death.
At present, we are still looking for the suspect to bring the suspect to justice and bring closure to this case and allow the family to continue in their healing," said Chief Mike Bruno, who is in charge of the Jacksonville Sheriff`s Office Cold Case Division. Bruno said there were a lot of people at the club that night and someone knows who stabbed the young man who was just trying to do the right thing. He believes with advances in DNA technology and new eyes looking at the case, time can be an ally, nearly 15 years later. "It`s solvable. There were so many people there that night. I mean, it feels like it`s a case that we should be able to solve. It really does," said Bruno.
Bruno said police just need that one person to come forward with that one piece of evidence. If you can help, call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS(8477). Remember, you don`t have to give your name. Any tip you can provide can be anonymous and you could receive a reward up to $3,000 cash if your tip leads to an arrest in the case.
fccrimestoppers.com/sitemenu.aspx?P=unsolved&ID=326&SID=9590
Project: Cold Case expanded article: projectcoldcase.org/2019/04/08/ricardo-tillman-jr/
Thoughts? As of this posting date (April 28th, 2022), Rico's case is sadly still listed as an unsolved homicide on both First Coast Crime Stoppers and the Project: Cold Case database.
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