FL FL - Landon Lee Deriggi, 13, Miami Shores, 27 July 1973

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Landon has been missing for over 51 years.

 

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Lengthy article.
By Paul D. Novack, Esq. September 30, 2025

Landon Deriggi: 13-year-old went missing from Miami Shores in 1973 | Featured#

Amongst cold cases, missing person cases can be misunderstood, wrongly labeled, and overlooked. Public input and casting a wide net can change the direction and outcome of a case. As always when we examine any cold case, we urge everyone to step up and share what they saw, heard, or know so that...

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''We uncovered information that seemed pertinent and shared it with detectives of the Miami Shores Police Department. We also shared it with the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau which we were working with on the Goldman case. We asked detectives of the departments to review the case together.

Neither department had any awareness about the background and associations of Landon’s father. The investigation of Landon’s “disappearance” had never factored in that his father was actively involved in organized crime in Miami – until that involvement came to a stop when he was gravely wounded and then imprisoned. He would retain his knowledge, though, of the criminal side of Miami, including partnerships and betrayals.

Obvious questions about the case could not be ignored any longer. Why would a 13-year-old run away from home on the morning of going to Disney World?

Did Landon ever actually return to Miami Shores from the Everglades?

Why did Landon’s parents move out of state and change their names?

Uncovering ties to organized crime and corruption
Working towards answers, we discovered links of various kinds between the cases of Goldman and many others.''