Post by Scumhunter on Mar 28, 2016 11:53:16 GMT -5
(Above: Paula Grossi. Photo credit: milfordbeacon.com)
(Above: Composite sketches of two possible suspects. Photo credit: newsworks.org)
From milfordbeacon.com:
Five years ago, on Jan. 26, 2007, Paula Grossi, a 45-year-old mother and grandmother, was shot and killed in her home during a home invasion. To date, the murder remains unsolved.
Police are once again asking for the public’s assistance to help solve this cold case.
On the day of the incident, the Delaware State Police responded to a residence located in the 36000 block of Winner Circle, in the Stable Farm development of Rehoboth Beach for the report of shooting.
Paula moved to Rehoboth in 2003. Her father, Frank Grossi, built the home in State Farms for his only daughter, who also suffered with lupus and neuropathy, a nerve condition that affected her legs.
She lived in the house with her two-year-old grandson, whom she cared for at the time.
Frank Grossi still feels responsible for convincing Paula that a move from Wilmington to Rehoboth would make her more safe.
“I talked Paula into moving down there to get her away from her neighborhood that was getting bad crime-wise,” Frank Grossi said. “There was no crime in Rehoboth and I thought it was a safer place to live. And, look what happened to her.”
When the police arrived at the scene, troopers located a female victim, later identified as Paula F. Grossi, suffering from a gunshot wound.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Arriving troopers also learned that two more people were asleep in a second floor bedroom of the home when the shooting occurred. The two additional victims recounted the details of their experiences as they were confronted in the bedroom by the suspects and tied up by their hands and feet.
The suspects then ransacked the home, taking a few items, before fleeing. The two additional victims were then able to free themselves and located Paula on the first floor of the home.
According to Frank Grossi, with Paula’s medical conditions, she never stood a chance against the intruders.
“She had to walk with a cane and she couldn’t defend herself from anybody who’d attack her,” Frank Grossi said. “She just couldn’t defend herself.”
The investigation produced many leads in the case but police have been unable to make an arrest.
The surviving victims were able to advise troopers at the scene with a description of the suspects. Consequently, composite sketches have been drawn of the two white males suspected of being involved.
The older suspect was a white male with a thin face, 40-years-old, 5’6” tall, 200 pounds, with an unknown marking under his left eye. He was last seen wearing a pair of black overalls, brown construction boots, a black knit cap, and dark gloves.
www.milfordbeacon.com/article/20120125/NEWS/301259965
Thoughts? This case was featured on America's Most Wanted's website as a "My Story" web-exclusive- where someone who knows the victim- usually a close friend or relative- narrates the story on amw.com's website. In this case, Frank Grossi wrote into the site. The "My Story" archive can be viewed here: web.archive.org/web/20100314024443/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=51293#case
The latest articles are from 2012 and I've seen no updates since then so I'm assuming unfortunately the case is still unsolved.
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