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🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Who killed four Bocaccio's employees in the wilds of Florida over four decades ago? Why has the case remained unsolved for so long? And what exactly can be done to change that?
This follow-up episode looks into some of the suspects who've been discussed in connection with the case over the years. From drug connections to unwitting recognitions, these are the theories that have swirled around the case for years.
We'll also look into some striking similarities between the Bocaccio's massacre, and the Burger Chef murders. In both instances, four employees were forced out of the business, driven several miles away, and killed in a remote, wooded area (with a .38 gun involved in both crimes). If you need a refresher on the Burger Chef case, we cover it in the first 10 episodes of the Murder Sheet.
Lastly, we'll delve into the importance of investigative agencies devoting resources to solving cold cases. To learn more about the unsolved murder of Scott Burnham's cousin Ann Harmeier, follow Who Killed Ann? on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Sources for this episode include the Fort Lauderdale News, the Tampa Bay Times, the Orlando Sentinel, and Jean Stover's book on Roger Dale Stafford, "Sirloin Stockade Slaughter: Murder on the Run."
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0:28.1 | This episode is the second half of our two part look into the Bacaccio's massacre. If you |
0:33.7 | haven't tuned into our previous episode, go back and listen to that one first. And as usual, |
0:40.4 | you can find our sources for this episode in our show notes. |
0:44.7 | When Charles Mark arrived for work at the Victoria Station restaurant in Fort Lauderdale on the |
0:50.8 | morning of July 9th, 1977, he saw the members of his cleaning crew lying stretched out |
0:58.1 | on the joints floor. The 28-year-old assistant manager didn't find that terribly unusual. |
1:04.5 | The cleaning crews worked long and odd hours. One man had even been scheduled to come in at 5.30 |
1:11.0 | that morning. They were entitled to grab a quick nap if they wanted. But then Mark took a few more |
1:17.5 | steps into the restaurant and everything changed. A 27-year-old man named Scott Riley was waiting for |
1:26.0 | him there, with a gun. And Riley had been there for a while, biting his time until Mark arrived. |
1:34.4 | The first thing he'd done at the restaurant was shoot and kill Carl Reigns, the 19-year-old |
1:40.8 | janitor who came to clean the place at 5.30am. He remained in the restaurant, alone with the |
1:48.1 | corpse of the man he murdered until 7.30am, when the second wave of the cleanup crew arrived. |
1:55.8 | This was comprised of Kenneth Reigns, the 53-year-old relative of the murdered man, |
2:02.2 | and his wife Anna. They brought their young kids with them that day. Rebecca, a six-year-old, |
2:09.4 | and Renaldo, a 10-month-old. Riley was waiting for them all at the door with a gun. |
2:15.6 | He grabbed Reigns' wallet, found the family with masking tape, and made them lie on the floor. |
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