Post by Scumhunter on Jun 23, 2015 23:25:47 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: fugitivekillers.com)
Fugitive Profile as of June 24th, 2015: (based on Fugitivekillers.com, FDLE Most Wanted search)
Date of Birth: 11/24/1982
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Sex: Male
Race: Hispanic
TIPS: Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Antonio Franco is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 239-477-1000, or anonymously at 1-800-780-8477.
From the website fugitivekillers.com:
"During a home invasion kidnapping robbery murder in Fort Myers, Florida, four men bound a thirteen-year-old boy and then killed his father. One of the four suspects, Antonio Franco, is still a fugitive at large most wanted by the Lee County Sheriff's Department in Florida.
Allegedly on February 11, 2008, at approximately 7:30 a.m., the four men forced their way into 591 Carolina Avenue located in the Tice neighborhood area of the City. Once inside, Antonio Franco and his accomplices bound Rey Escobar's thirteen-year-old son, and then commenced to brutally beat the 36-year-old man with a bar stool eventually stabbing him to death in front of the teenager. Franco and his accomplices then robbed the home stealing Escobar's jewelry."
A few more notes:
-Franco also goes by the nickname "Nacho."
-According to a 2015 update on the case, Franco is believed to possibly be living in the rural areas of either Labelle or Clewiston in Florida.
-A second suspect, Rey Escobar, was apprehended in Clewiston, Florida in 2009. I am unsure if the other two initially unidentified suspects have ever been named. (Please let me know if they were once I post the info link).
Thoughts? I am surprised this case never made AMW as it is brutal and horrific. To make a teenage boy watch his own dad get brutally beaten and stabbed to death, I don't think that is trauma he will ever get over. There were four men, with weapons. They could have just taken the jewelry, there was no need to kill the father, and especially the way they did it. Franco very well could still be in Florida considering his accomplice was arrested in Clewiston.
www.fugitivekillers.com/south/florida-robbery-murder.php
www.fortmyersbeachtalk.com/page/content.detail/id/501266/Murder-fugitive-apprehended.html?nav=5064
pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/person/viewWantedPerson-113665540.a
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