FL FL - Robert Spivey, 26, Shot, Tampa, 13 Jun 1971

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Robert Scott Spivey​

Born: Friday, February 16, 1945
Died: Sunday, June 13, 1971
Age: 26
Race: White
Gender: Male
Where: 13701 North 24th Street, Tampa, FL
Case Number: 1971-017598
Description: On the morning of June 13, 1971, the victim, Robert Scott Spivey, was found deceased in his vehicle as the result of a gunshot wound.

Information from Robert Scott Spivey - Unsolved Homicide | HCSO, Tampa FL
Photo from Robert Spivey (1945-1971) - Find a Grave Memorial

 

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Information from an article on page 2-B of The Tampa Tribune on November 18th, 1971.

• A man named Roger Dale Stapleton had been indicted by a grand jury of first-degree murder.
• The charges against Stapleton were dropped because the star witness disappeared. No foul play was suspected in the disappearance.
• Stapleton also married a key witness.