{"id":334443,"date":"2026-07-09T15:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334443\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:14:32","slug":"jacksonville-sheriff-announces-arrest-in-cold-case-murder-thats-nearly-40-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334443\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville sheriff announces arrest in cold case murder that\u2019s nearly 40 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters (WJXT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters will hold a news conference at 12:05 p.m. Thursday to announce an arrest in a nearly 40-year-old cold case murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He will be joined by members of the victim\u2019s family, along with representatives from the State Attorney\u2019s Office, First Coast Crime Stoppers and Project Cold Case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">News4JAX will carry the announcement live on air and on News4JAX+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This article will be updated after the announcement is made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsCaleb Yauger headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/CalebYauger\/\" title=\"View Caleb Yauger&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Yauger<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Caleb Yauger joined the WJXT team in February 2025. He previously worked as a reporter and weekend evening anchor for Erie News Now (WICU, WSEE) in Erie, Pa., covering both news and sports.<\/p>\n<p>Francine Frazier headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/74FXRYG4SRF73N4NCLH5XQOVTU\/\" title=\"View Francine Frazier&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francine Frazier<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">A Jacksonville native and proud University of North Florida alum, Francine Frazier has been with News4Jax since 2014 after spending nine years at The Florida Times-Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters (WJXT) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters will hold a news conference at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2453,265,116,118,117,18394],"class_list":["post-334443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-cold-case","tag-crime","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-project-cold-case"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334443","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=334443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}