Suspect #1 /// Part 2 /// 936

Suspect #1 /// Part 2 /// 936

Part 2 of 2

 

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On January 22, 1993 a man walked into the Maple Leaf Motel and attempted to rob and kill the owner operator. Hamid Jebailey, owner of the Maple Leaf Motel was somehow able to fight off 24 year old Curtis Huff Junior after being shot at and struck with a tire iron repeatedly. Before he could flee the scene, Huff was taken into custody in Kissimmee, Florida.  By this time Curtis Huff Junior had already earned his habitual offender status after a series of robberies throughout the Midwest in the late 1980’s. After his arrest at the motel, police detectives began to take a close and hard look at Curtis, his history, and his possible connection to four unsolved homicides - 

 

Ruth Haut - February 26, 1992 

Mary Ellen Wise - November 2, 1992 

Antonio Zucco - November 20, 1992 

Bonnie Goodson - November 30, 1992 

 

Curtis Huff Junior a man who reportedly had a reputation for charm and sudden violence entered a plea to avoid additional robbery charges. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was released July 1, 2005. Since then he has remained a suspect in multiple murder cases and has been looked at for possible involvement in the 2006 unsolved homicide of Helen McPherson in Vero Beach. Anyone with information is asked to call the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office 772-569-6700 OR to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers 1-800-273-8477. There may be reward money in one or all five of these open homicide cases. 

 

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