{"id":154506,"date":"2026-02-13T16:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154506\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:33:08","slug":"central-florida-police-identify-remains-of-missing-person-after-decades-old-cold-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154506\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida police identify remains of missing person after decades-old cold case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Central Florida police are giving an update Friday on a decades-old cold case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Clermont Police Department and Ocoee Police Department will host a joint press conference at 11 a.m. to identify the remains of a person who was previously reported missing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WATCH THE NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE HERE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WATCH THE NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said the announcement follows a long-term investigation into a case spanning several decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speakers for the event include Capt. Malcolm Draper of the Clermont Police Department and retired Ocoee police detective Michelle Grogan.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clermont Police Chief John Graczyk and Ocoee Police Chief Vince Ogburn will also be present for the announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Channel 9 will have a crew at the event and provide updates on Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida police are giving an update Friday on a decades-old cold case. The Clermont Police Department and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74501,2453,28,30,29,28949],"class_list":["post-154506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-clermont-police-department","tag-cold-case","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-ocoee-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}