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Jefferson Blanton Homicide (Manatee CSO) — FL (1996) · Latent
#1719Tier-2 extracted
Jefferson Blanton
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 17, 1996
Recovery location
FL
Coordinates
27.3501, -82.1562
Days open
10,885
Victim
Extracted
Jefferson Blanton
Gender
M
Case narrative
Source text · highlighted
Saturday, August 17th 1996 96-29659 Jefferson Blanton Location:Blanton’s residence 37855 Sixby Road Myakka City, Florida Suspect: Yes Synopsis: Blanton was found lying in the hallway of his residence. Blanton had been shot twice, once in the head and once in the chest, with a 22 caliber handgun. Blanton and his live-in girlfriend were last seen the night before his body was discovered at the Myakka bar. Blanton’s girlfriend, disappeared immediately after the homicide. She left behind a small son who is currently being cared for by a family member. Blanton and his girlfriend had a history of violence directed toward one another.