Florida police hope tipster will contact them about 2020 homicide cold case
‘The missing piece’: Port St. Lucie police hope tipster will contact them about 2020 homicide cold case
Updated: 6:16 PM EDT May 3, 2024
COM, OR BY GOING TO OUR FREE MOBILE NEWS APP. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS WANT TO HEAR FROM AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER WHO THEY BELIEVE MAY HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF CHARLES HIGHLANDS. NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO. HIGHLANDS WAS SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE A CAR AT A GAS STATION ON SOUTHWEST DEL RIO BOULEVARD. TREASURE COAST BUREAU REPORTER ANGELA ROZIER IS LIVE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PORT SAINT LUCIE WITH. WHY DETECTIVES BELIEVE HEARING FROM THIS TIPSTER COULD SOLVE THE CASE. ANGELA. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, TIFFANY, THE POLICE CHIEF HERE IN PORT SAINT LUCIE SAYS THEY HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THIS CASE, BUT THEY NEED THAT TIPSTER TO COME FORWARD. HE SAYS, BECAUSE THAT TIPSTER COULD BE THE MISSING PIECE. CHARLES HIGHLANDS WAS FOUND MURDERED INSIDE A VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT AT THIS GAS STATION ON DEL RIO BOULEVARD IN PORT SAINT LUCIE. BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020. HIS MOTHER, PAMELA HIGHLAND, SAYS HIS BIRTHDAY IS SATURDAY. YEP, YEP. YEAH IT IS. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, 22. SO IT’S, UH, YOU KNOW, BITTERSWEET. IT’S BITTERSWEET. POLICE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW LEADS AND ASK FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS DETECTIVES ARE FOCUSING ON A PERSON OF INTEREST. THE SAME PERSON OF INTEREST MENTIONED BY AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER WHO’S LEFT SEVERAL TIPS WITH TREASURE COAST CRIME STOPPERS OVER THE PAST YEARS. THE PERSON OF INTEREST. THEIR NAME KEEPS COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO THIS TIPSTER REALLY WANTS US TO FOCUS ON THIS PERSON. WE WANT TO AS WELL. THE CHIEF IS URGING THAT TIPSTER TO TALK DIRECTLY TO INVESTIGATORS. HOPEFULLY, IF WE CAN CONNECT AND REMOVE THAT THIRD PARTY CRIME STOPPERS, WE CAN GET THIS PERSON DIRECTLY SPEAKING WITH OUR DETECTIVES THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THAT TO A GOOD CONCLUSION FOR US BECAUSE WE THINK THAT’S THE MISSING PIECE. OVER THE YEARS, PAMELA AND HER HUSBAND, JIM HIGHLANDS, HAVE OFFERED REWARDS LEADING TO THE ARREST OF…
