Fort Lauderdale Police Department

Two young boys had been playing around the doorless shed when they spotted her inside and went running for help.

John Curcio, a Fort Lauderdale police detective, was not on the scene that day, but has since become very familiar with the crime scene.

Outta my three kids, I have two twin girls, and if you ever saw the crime scene photos from Sonja Marion, you know, it's something you'll never forget.

I'm even getting emotional thinking about it.

These were more indications that the police may have the wrong person.

At that time, Doug Evans, a detective who happened to be Black, knew in his heart that Jerry was not telling the truth at that point.

Fort Lauderdale police detective Doug Evans repeatedly told his fellow officers that Jerry Frank Townsend was innocent, at least of this crime.

But Evans also insisted that Sonja Marion was just one of many victims of a serial rapist and murderer living and preying on females on Fort Lauderdale's northwest side, because he'd been keeping track.

I said, quote, "Please clarify how Stonefit's case from June of 1999 meets the definition of active under Florida law.

Under Florida case law, such as Barfield v. the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the city carries the burden of proof to show a reasonable good faith anticipation of an arrest or a prosecution in the foreseeable future.

If no active investigative steps have been taken recently and no arrest is imminent, the case is legally inactive and the file must be disclosed.

Please provide documentation such as a privilege log indicating the date of the last investigative action or release the records.

At approximately 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, September 24, police responded to reports of an attempted robbery and found a man shot in the upper torso when they arrived at the scene.

And this is according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

According to the FLPD, two armed men broke into an Airbnb and got into an altercation with the renter.

And that renter shot one of the suspects.

Uh, thank you for playing, but, uh, you know, you can tr- you can reapply in a few years." So my buddy went with the DEA.

He had a career, long career with the DEA, and I had done an internship with, uh, Fort Lauderdale Police Department in college, so that was my next option.

So I went back to Fort Lauderdale, uh, got on the police department there.

Loved it.