Cape Coral Yacht Club faces costly rebuild after Hurricane Milton fireCape Coral Police Department offers scholarships to high school seniors
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Yacht Club faces costly rebuild after Hurricane Milton fire The future of the Cape Coral Yacht Club is under discussion following damage from Hurricane Milton.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Police Department offers scholarships to high school seniors According to the Cape Coral Police Department Facebook page, CCPD is offering scholarships for graduating seniors.
MARCO ISLAND Coin flip could solve Marco Island City Council conflict The Marco Island City Council remains deadlocked in its efforts to appoint a seventh councilor.
FORT MYERS Local leaders in SWFL focus on sustainable water solutions Water is a critical resource in Southwest Florida, supporting everything from fishing to boating and beaches.
COLLIER COUNTY Two girls hoops players from Ukraine reflect on year in SWFL Sasha Rubanova and Sonia Kiritsa reflect on the past year in Southwest Florida after leaving Ukraine.
EAST NAPLES Christopher Worrell among Jan. 6 Capitol attackers released by Trump pardon An East Naples man is now among three Southwest Florida Jan. 6 Capitol rioters released in response to President Donald Trump’s series of pardons.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers plans safety upgrades for Veronica Shoemaker Blvd. The City of Fort Myers is considering a study to explore potential improvements to Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard.
SANIBEL Community leaders discuss Sanibel’s future Sanibel Island has faced significant challenges in recent years, including hurricanes and flooding.
LCSO launches K-9 unit to provide emotional support for community The Lee County Sheriff’s Office now has a crisis care K-9 unit to provide emotional support and connection to community members in need.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive interview with Cape Coral leaders about families displaced through city project Residents near Bimini Square in Cape Coral face displacement as bulldozers demolish buildings for a new development project.
CAPE CORAL Demolition begins on Bimini East properties Demolition has begun on the Bimini East properties that are part of the City of Cape Coral’s revitalization development.
Lee County Most Wanted Wednesday: Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for January 22, 2025 Here are some of Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for January 22, 2025.
Charlotte County sheriff: deputy-involved shooting suspect was on 68 medications Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell has revealed new details regarding a deputy-involved shooting on Eager Road last week.
Plans for Aquarius Hotel receive final design approval in Naples A proposed 18-unit boutique hotel with a restaurant received unanimous final design approval Jan. 22 by the Naples Design Review Board.
What you need to know for FEMA transitional sheltering assistance Many in Southwest Florida are dealing with unlivable conditions after a series of hurricanes hit the area last fall.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Yacht Club faces costly rebuild after Hurricane Milton fire The future of the Cape Coral Yacht Club is under discussion following damage from Hurricane Milton.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Police Department offers scholarships to high school seniors According to the Cape Coral Police Department Facebook page, CCPD is offering scholarships for graduating seniors.
MARCO ISLAND Coin flip could solve Marco Island City Council conflict The Marco Island City Council remains deadlocked in its efforts to appoint a seventh councilor.
FORT MYERS Local leaders in SWFL focus on sustainable water solutions Water is a critical resource in Southwest Florida, supporting everything from fishing to boating and beaches.
COLLIER COUNTY Two girls hoops players from Ukraine reflect on year in SWFL Sasha Rubanova and Sonia Kiritsa reflect on the past year in Southwest Florida after leaving Ukraine.
EAST NAPLES Christopher Worrell among Jan. 6 Capitol attackers released by Trump pardon An East Naples man is now among three Southwest Florida Jan. 6 Capitol rioters released in response to President Donald Trump’s series of pardons.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers plans safety upgrades for Veronica Shoemaker Blvd. The City of Fort Myers is considering a study to explore potential improvements to Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard.
SANIBEL Community leaders discuss Sanibel’s future Sanibel Island has faced significant challenges in recent years, including hurricanes and flooding.
LCSO launches K-9 unit to provide emotional support for community The Lee County Sheriff’s Office now has a crisis care K-9 unit to provide emotional support and connection to community members in need.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive interview with Cape Coral leaders about families displaced through city project Residents near Bimini Square in Cape Coral face displacement as bulldozers demolish buildings for a new development project.
CAPE CORAL Demolition begins on Bimini East properties Demolition has begun on the Bimini East properties that are part of the City of Cape Coral’s revitalization development.
Lee County Most Wanted Wednesday: Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for January 22, 2025 Here are some of Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for January 22, 2025.
Charlotte County sheriff: deputy-involved shooting suspect was on 68 medications Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell has revealed new details regarding a deputy-involved shooting on Eager Road last week.
Plans for Aquarius Hotel receive final design approval in Naples A proposed 18-unit boutique hotel with a restaurant received unanimous final design approval Jan. 22 by the Naples Design Review Board.
What you need to know for FEMA transitional sheltering assistance Many in Southwest Florida are dealing with unlivable conditions after a series of hurricanes hit the area last fall.
Memorial for one of the two victims of a Fort Myers double homicide. Credit: WINK News DNA technology has evolved so much in the past few years that Fort Myers detectives think they may be able to make a match in a 2014 cold case. Angela McClary, mother of Deonte Redding, one of the victims in the double homicide, says Fort Myers is a small town—and in small towns, people talk. Investigators are banking on that, too, hoping someone will see this and realize it’s time to come forward. Crime scene photos show evidence of an ambush, 19 shots fired by two assailants while the victims were still in their car. “It was carnage in the car,” said Det. Matthew Alberto with the Fort Myers Police Department’s cold case unit. Deonte Redding and his half-brother Zachary Blue were ambushed when they went to a friend’s house to gamble. Six witnesses were inside, but the shooters are still out there. “They weren’t exactly cooperating, and they weren’t being completely honest,” Alberto said. Six years later, Angela McClary chooses to remember a different picture of her son. “He was my firstborn,” McClary said. “And he had that smile about him that you would see through him, and you couldn’t help but smile.” The two people who killed her son remain unidentified, but the case was recently transferred to a team of cold case detectives who are breathing new life into the mystery. These men, referred to jokingly as “the old guys” by the rest of the department, collectively have more than 120 years of police experience. “We started out, we each read through the case file; with what we had, we went and reworked the crime scene, we contradicted some of the assumptions that were made originally, and we basically showed how it transpired,” Alberto said. “We sent some evidence out for some new testing, some advanced DNA testing, see if we got lucky. And we’re compiling a list of subjects that we want to interview.” The brass bullet casings found at the crime scene could prove the forensic silver bullet the detectives are hoping for. They said it was previously very rare to get usable DNA off of brass, but now there is up to a 30% solvability rate for such evidence. While Redding was going to the home to gamble, McClary believes her son was set up, and so do the detectives. “He had won a lot of money, a large amount of money that day, that evening, and I was told he was called back there, and I don’t think that he was called back there to gamble, because whoever called him back there knew that someone would be lurking in the bushes,” McClary said. “Everyone there was supposed to be his friend, and they let him down.” “In doing some phone analysis, we discovered that there’s been communication within the last half hour between our victims and individuals inside the home,” said Det. Ed Harris. “We believe that phone communication may have been forwarded to the individuals who are lying in wait for this ambush.” “There is a lead right now that we are following that we are hopeful with,” Alberto said. And the family’s search for answers continues as well: Redding’s daughter, 12 at the time of his murder, is now in college studying criminal justice. “She wants to find justice for her father,” McClary said. McClary is hopeful a fresh set of eyes—or, in this case, older, more experienced eyes—will be the answer to her prayers. “The day my son died, I prayed,” McClary said. “I prayed and prayed, and asked God to not let his case die. I wanted, regardless of what it took, to be in the front of the media, the police.” If you have any information at all that can help crack the case, call Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477 or send an anonymous online tip.