Cold case detectives travel to investigate 1988 Charlotte County murder

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Charlotte County Sheriff’s Workplace (CCSO) is in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina as it really works to unravel the 1988 chilly case homicide of Robert Hecht.

Investigators say the 58-year-old Hecht, retired US Military officer, initially from New York, was seen at an area Punta Gorda bar with a person who recognized himself as “Ray”. “Ray” advised witnesses they encountered that he was from Tennessee and Kentucky, and “Ray” spoke with a southern accent.

CCSO says Robert Hecht failed to answer his weekly phone name from his out-of-state sister. This in the end led to the invention of Robert Hecht’s physique.

Detectives realized the model new 1989 Lincoln City Automotive owned by sufferer was found on Foremost Avenue in Lenoir, NC and it appeared to have been parked for a number of days.

In 2022, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Workplace Chilly Case Murder Unit Detectives decided the identification of “Ray” as Kenneth Ray Miller who died in 2007 in his mid-50s.

Investigation established a direct connection between Kenneth Ray Miller, the sufferer’s residence and the sufferer’s stolen automotive present in Lenoir, NC shortly after this homicide.

Chilly Case Detectives are actively trying to decide why the sufferer’s automotive was pushed to, and left on Foremost St. in Lenoir, NC. They’re making an attempt to establish and converse with the white feminine with lengthy blonde hair that was with Kenneth Ray Miller contained in the sufferer’s stolen automobile, in Lenoir, NC. This feminine may additionally have ties to the Kingsport, TN space.

CCSO says throughout the preliminary investigation an area particular person was recognized as a possible suspect as a result of a set of circumstances that might not be defined. No reason behind dying has been launched presently.