Shooting at 600 BLOCK OF N BROADWAY AVE on 04/18/2025 12:00 AM
Type: Shooting
Date: 04/18/2025 12:00 AM
Description: The suspect was killed by Polk County Sheriff's Office, Bartow Police Department. Cause of death: Gunshot. Incident No.: FL0530000;FL0530200
Address: 600 BLOCK OF N BROADWAY AVE, Bartow, FL
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Claranett CooleyMissing Age
32Est. Current Age
64Last Seen
Lake Wales, FL on 05/14/1993Physical Description
Race: Black Ethnicity: African American Gender: Female Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 5'3" - 5'5" Weight: 125 - 165 lbsCase Number
MP101065Area Cold Cases
Name
Opal WilliamsAge
21Cause of Death
Blunt ForceInfo
On march 9, 1977, 21-year-old opal williams was found in a wooded area approximately 3/10 of a mile west of us highway 27, south of k.O.A. Campground near lake wales. She was found laying face down and in a state of decomposition. Her cause of death was head trauma. Williams frequently left her home in davenport and hitch-hiked to avon park correctional institution to visit her husband, who was an inmate there. She was also known to frequent truck stops on us highway 27 to bum rides. At the time of her death, williams had a small child that she left at her parent’s house. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the polk county sheriff’s office homicide unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to coldcase@polksheriff.Org.Agency
Polk County Sheriff's Office