Crime at 600 BLOCK OF POINSETTIA RD on 11/18/2025 10:04 PM
Type: Other
Date: 11/18/2025 10:04 PM
Description: CIVIL DISTURBANCE. This is from the Sarasota County, FL calls for service. Information is subject to change.
Address: 600 BLOCK OF POINSETTIA RD, Sarasota County, FL
Case Number: SCSO25105966
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Area Missing Persons
Name
Newton WhiddenMissing Age
85Est. Current Age
98Last Seen
Sarasota, FL on 08/20/2012Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Gray or Partially Gray Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'9" Weight: 130 - 135 lbsCase Number
MP18633Area Cold Cases
Name
John SmithAge
32Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
On october 9, 1990, in the mid morning hours, ccso was called to don pedro state park off the coast of cape haze after a homemade mullet fishing boat was discovered near the mangroves with a dead body inside. A second body was discovered floating in the water nearby. Both victims were found to have been shot with small caliber weapons. The victims' boat was seen entering this area around 8:30 am. A green-colored mullet boat with two white male occupants in their 30's, was seen leaving the immediate area at a high rate of speed between 9:30 am and 9:45 am. John stanley smith was born on 7/12/58 and was 32 years old at the time of his death. He was a white male. If you have information that can help solve this crime: please call the charlotte county sheriff's office cold case unit at (941)575-5361 or after hours call (941)639-2101, or email them at coldcase@ccso.OrgAgency
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office