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May 7, 2018 | By Katherine Hamilton
Shirley Badger Trenner - Project: Cold Case
In 1985, Trenner was taken at 61-years-old from her friends and family when someone entered the store Learn-A-Bit About Computers in Palm Harbor, Florida, Pinellas County, attacked her and stole her car; the stolen vehicle turned up later At Courtney Campbell Causeway in Clearwater.
A witness was able to identify a suspect. According to the report, the suspect was a white male, mid 20s, 5’10 to 6-foot, 170lbs with dark hair and an orange t-shirt and jeans. There was not an excess of evidence besides a possible suspect—since then, the case had gotten colder and colder until a new detective was assigned to the case.
“He’s made more progress in six months than they’ve made in 32-years,” said Cynthia McCorkindale, daughter of Trenner.
Attention to Trenner’s case has greatly increased over the last year because of a letter McCorkindale sent to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office calling them to pay attention to her mother’s case.
“I said, ‘You know what, I don’t have 30 more years for this,”’ McCorkindale said. “All I ever wanted was for somebody, the sheriff’s department, to pay attention. And that just wasn’t happening, until now.”
Since then, PCSO has made a special cold case unit with two detectives. Their entire job is to spend their time looking into cold cases.
“They never have to go out on a fresh homicide,” McCorkindale said.
Overall, McCorkindale and her family is hoping for more advancement in the case.
May 7, 2018 | By Katherine Hamilton
Shirley Badger Trenner - Project: Cold Case
In 1985, Trenner was taken at 61-years-old from her friends and family when someone entered the store Learn-A-Bit About Computers in Palm Harbor, Florida, Pinellas County, attacked her and stole her car; the stolen vehicle turned up later At Courtney Campbell Causeway in Clearwater.
A witness was able to identify a suspect. According to the report, the suspect was a white male, mid 20s, 5’10 to 6-foot, 170lbs with dark hair and an orange t-shirt and jeans. There was not an excess of evidence besides a possible suspect—since then, the case had gotten colder and colder until a new detective was assigned to the case.
“He’s made more progress in six months than they’ve made in 32-years,” said Cynthia McCorkindale, daughter of Trenner.
Attention to Trenner’s case has greatly increased over the last year because of a letter McCorkindale sent to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office calling them to pay attention to her mother’s case.
“I said, ‘You know what, I don’t have 30 more years for this,”’ McCorkindale said. “All I ever wanted was for somebody, the sheriff’s department, to pay attention. And that just wasn’t happening, until now.”
Since then, PCSO has made a special cold case unit with two detectives. Their entire job is to spend their time looking into cold cases.
“They never have to go out on a fresh homicide,” McCorkindale said.
Overall, McCorkindale and her family is hoping for more advancement in the case.
