October 2015 – Project: Cold Case

Cold Case Spotlight – Sherry Prather

October 25, 2015/in Arrest Made, Cold Case Spotlight, Florida, Solved, Update /by Project Cold Case

UPDATE: On March 12, 2018 Johnny Wayne Johnson pleaded guilty to the 2012 murder of Sherry Lee Prather. Johnson was sentenced to 20.4 years in prison. Though no motive has ever been established, Sherry’s family expressed relief that Johnson would be off the streets. The family made it a point to thank all those that helped along the way in their search for justice.

Cold Case Spotlight – Curtis Williamson

October 18, 2015/in California, Cold Case Spotlight /by Project Cold Case

On March 26, 1997, Curtis Williamson, 16, and his cousin were chased into Mission Bay after a fight broke out in the Crown Point Shores parking lot in San Diego, California. After swimming safely to an anchored buoy several yards offshore, the individuals that chased them entered the water and began swimming after them. Investigators believe that Curtis drowned while attempting to escape those chasing him. Curtis’ cousin was saved by a rescue boat after police arrived on the scene. Despite numerous witnesses, no arrests have ever been made.

Cold Case Spotlight – Vanessa “Honey” Malone

October 11, 2015/in Cold Case Spotlight, Georgia /by Project Cold Case

On October 23, 2012, 18-year-old, Vanessa “Honey” Malone walked into an apartment in Stone Mountain, Georgia and interrupted a home invasion robbery. While the three other occupants of the apartment were bound and robbed, Honey was shot multiple times and killed. Witnesses stated that there were three to six attackers, dressed in black and armed with handguns and shotguns.

Cold Case Spotlight – Brandon Gentry

October 4, 2015/in Cold Case Spotlight, Florida /by Project Cold Case

Brandon Gentry, 26, spent Saturday evening, August 10, 2013, hanging out with friends at a popular mudhole off Pickettville Road in Jacksonville, Florida. Early Sunday morning a vehicle driving northbound on Pickettville Road spotted something on the side of the road and called authorities. Police found Brandon bleeding from the head and with life threatening injuries. Brandon died from multiple injuries on August 14, 2013. Evidence at the scene suggests that Brandon may have been the victim of a hit and run.