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Cold case spotlight: Stroud of Hunter murder of 1991
'People know what happened, there's no question': Couple's murder case goes unsolved for decades
Detailing the murders of 24-year-old Steven Stroud and his girlfriend, 19-year-old Donna Hunter. It was Dec. 10. 1991, and the couple were living in their home on Coolwater Avenue in San Mateo, Florida.
Investigator Zagar says he believes the couple knew their attackers because there was no evidence of a forced entry into their home.
"They came to the door, Steven was shot right in the living room," said Zagar. "And then it appears Donna who had come out of the back bedroom, was trying to get out of there when she was shot and there was a trail of blood where she is trying to get back into the bedroom."
Both were shot by a .22 caliber pistol.
The exact time of the murder is unknown, but it was around 11:30 p.m., when Zagar says two friends came by the house and when no one answered the door, one looked through the window and saw the terrible scene.
Stroud was dead… Hunter was still alive, but barely.
"One of the individuals went over to Donna and held her and she did not say a word, she just looked at him," Zagar said.
She died on the way to the hospital in Jacksonville.
Zagar believes Stroud was the target, as he says Stroud allegedly owed money for drugs and Hunter's death was essentially collateral damage.
'People know what happened, there's no question': Couple's murder case goes unsolved for decades
Detailing the murders of 24-year-old Steven Stroud and his girlfriend, 19-year-old Donna Hunter. It was Dec. 10. 1991, and the couple were living in their home on Coolwater Avenue in San Mateo, Florida.
Investigator Zagar says he believes the couple knew their attackers because there was no evidence of a forced entry into their home.
"They came to the door, Steven was shot right in the living room," said Zagar. "And then it appears Donna who had come out of the back bedroom, was trying to get out of there when she was shot and there was a trail of blood where she is trying to get back into the bedroom."
Both were shot by a .22 caliber pistol.
The exact time of the murder is unknown, but it was around 11:30 p.m., when Zagar says two friends came by the house and when no one answered the door, one looked through the window and saw the terrible scene.
Stroud was dead… Hunter was still alive, but barely.
"One of the individuals went over to Donna and held her and she did not say a word, she just looked at him," Zagar said.
She died on the way to the hospital in Jacksonville.
Zagar believes Stroud was the target, as he says Stroud allegedly owed money for drugs and Hunter's death was essentially collateral damage.
