FL FL - Carolyn Whitney Antrim, 42, brutally raped & murdered, Lola Lane, Escambia Co, 27 Jul 2007

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COLD CASE UNIT – Escambia County Sheriff's Office

Carolyn Whitney Antrim

COLD CASE UNIT – Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Carolyn Whitney Antrim
On July 27, 2007, a body was found in the wooded area just west of the dead end of Lola Lane, in Escambia County, Florida. The victim was later identified as Carolyn Whitney Antrim, who had been reported missing by her mother, Janet Antrim, on that same day, but she advised that her daughter (Carolyn Antrim) had not been seen since July 20, 2007. The van that the victim was last known to be driving had been towed as an abandoned vehicle on July 21, 2007. The family did not recover the van until July 27, 2007, at which time a family friend noticed blood in the van.

 

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Carolyn Whitney Antrim - Project: Cold Case

''January 13, 2020 | By Alyssa Fort

This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. The student credited above wrote this story as a class project.

Carolyn Whitney Antrim was born in Pasadena, Texas. Her father was recruited by NASA and worked at the Houston Space Center. As a child, Whitney loved flying with her father, and she traveled the world with her parents and younger brother Timmy.

Whitney was 15 when Timmy was born and loved him more than anything. Timmy had Down Syndrome. According to her close friends, Whitney loved bringing him everywhere and was incredibly proud of him.

Whitney spent much of her childhood growing up in New Jersey, where she would meet Carol Greening, on of her closest friends.

“I met Whitney at the pool when I was five,” Carol said. “Whitney won a contest for the nicest doll and we were friends ever since.”

One of Carol’s fondest memories with her best friend is ski club. They joined the club in tenth grade and had a lot of fun. Carol also joined Whitney on family trips. They visited her mother’s family in Mississippi. “Everyone [in New Jersey] thought she had a Southern accent because of her relatives in Mississippi,” Carol said. “Once she moved to Pensacola, people thought she had a funny Jersey accent.”

When Whitney was 16, her family moved to Florida. She soon started working at Showbiz Pizza as a hostess. She quickly moved up in position at her job, where she excelled at planning special events. She ultimately became the Showbiz Community Relations Director.

Whitney and Carol were soon reunited. Carol moved from New Jersey to Pensacola to live with Whitney, and even started working at the same restaurant.

Everyone seemed to love Whitney. “She was just a friend to everyone,” her friend Jen Erickson recalled. “Very supportive, fun, and always had a smile on her face.” She was able to succeed in the restaurant business, making friends and having regular customers.

On July 28, 2007, police found the body of Carolyn Whitney Antrim decomposing near the west side of the city. Whitney’s mother had reported her missing a week prior. Newspaper clippings from the time stated that Whitney had suffered from 12 injured ribs and that her skull had been smashed. Police later concluded that she was sexually assaulted as well.

Police have not been able to identify a suspect in this case.''

 

[suppersleuth147]

thank you for starting this thread! i have been trying to find anythingto shed light on this!i have so many questions and no one to discuss with (until now)

 

[CastlesBurning]

Perhaps this will help the case...

Cold Case Symposium: ECSO to ask retired detectives to solve homicides

 

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Perhaps this will help the case...

Cold Case Symposium: ECSO to ask retired detectives to solve homicides

This is awesome, thanks- from link.. rbbm.

''The symposium set to take place in February 2022 will concentrate on Escambia County cold case homicide investigations in which all available leads have been exhausted and no probable cause could be established to make an arrest.

"We have a number of retired deputies and law enforcement professionals who have offered their expertise in the past. We look to take advantage (of) the years of experience these veteran law enforcement professionals bring," said Sheriff Chip Simmons in a prepared statement. "Just because someone is retired doesn't mean they have lost their experience and intuition. We hope that (with) our current cold case investigators combined with volunteer experienced retirees, we can help close these cases and bring closure to the families."

''The symposium set to take place in February 2022 will concentrate on Escambia County cold case homicide investigations in which all available leads have been exhausted and no probable cause could be established to make an arrest.

"We have a number of retired deputies and law enforcement professionals who have offered their expertise in the past. We look to take advantage (of) the years of experience these veteran law enforcement professionals bring," said Sheriff Chip Simmons in a prepared statement. "Just because someone is retired doesn't mean they have lost their experience and intuition. We hope that (with) our current cold case investigators combined with volunteer experienced retirees, we can help close these cases and bring closure to the families."

''Cold cases
►Carla Roberson vanished in 1984 at Pensacola Beach. Her sister is still seeking answers

►ECSO identifies victim in 1985 cold case murder, search continues for killer

►Pensacola woman charged with accessory after the fact in 2007 cold case murder

The symposium will focus on six ECSO cold case homicides at a time. According to the agency's cold cases unit webpage, there are at least 28 unsolved homicides, most of which are decades old.''

 

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Carolyn Whitney Antrim - Project: Cold Case
''If you have any information on this case, contact Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (850) 436-9580 or Crime Stoppers at 1-877-433-TIPS. If the information you provide to Crime Stoppers leads to an arrest you could be eligible for a reward up to $5,000.00.

 

[PayrollNerd]

This location was accessible from behind a school, the Family Dollar store and from that neighborhood. My guess would be the perp came in from the commercial area behind the school to avoid detection. However, that school and those businesses likely had cameras back in 2007, at least I would think they would. Maybe not.


...a body was found in the wooded area just west of the dead end of Lola Lane,....